How to generate income in your workshop!

[Staffan]

Do not know if this has been discussed but why does the licence plates ot generate any money?
Metal sheet is 10$ buy price and plates are 10$.
Only the luxury bed actually makes money because you earn 150$ pure profit from it.
Before update "x" I could make money on the plates aswell.
Please fix it

[OttosTheName]

I think the big plates are cut down to make a stack of license plates worth 10 bucks each. So yes you will make money. And quite a bit actually.

Here's a very quick guide...

First make sure that you don't put prisoners in solitary all the time and make sure you don't use armed guards. Those 2 have an 'suppressive' effect on the workers, and though it makes them behave, it does not make them work for you as they don't like you a lot.

Then make sure that all their needs are met. That means they are happy and when they are happy they have a good chance of being able to focus on their reform programs. All reform programs (drug addiction, behavioural therapy, workshop training) requires concentration.

I do this by giving them an hour of shower time, an hour of free time and after that I let them work because that's the happiest part of their day in my prison. Also right before bed I give them 2 hours of free time so they can spend time with their families.

And then you just wait for a long time before more and more people pass the training and start making money in the workshop.

Btw in the finance tab of the report you can see how much money your workshop generates. It's defo worth while.

[Hentaisocial]

Wild theory here, but what if metal sheets actually yield more than one thing of license plates? Omg profit!

[OttosTheName]

xD

[Barser]

I guess they are not happy in my prison then, cause nobody wants to learn how to make surperior beds. Its the only thing left for me to get in the game. Still I earn like 10.000 a day and never have any trouble.

[Krunchy]

Barser - If your prisoners are really suppressed they won't learn either. Also, they can't be drunk/drugged. These 2 things plus having unhappy prisoners is a 3-step-fail. They will never learn.

[m0nk]

I regularly pull in a minimum of $24k / day in exports with 2 workshops both with 20 prisoners each. 10 carpentry tables , 10 saws, 10 presses. Keep the prisoners conent, have them run workshop safety and carpentry reform programs, keep wood and sheet metal on the tables and your good to go.

[Krunchy]

Monk - 2 Things | Reform + Workshop = Prisoners Love This! |

The best way for refrom is to have something to work on, which is the Workshop. Building things really makes them happy.

For everyone just starting to play Prison Architect ( a.26 ) If you don't have a workshop, or enough space for every prisoner to have something to do at work, then you should really consider rebuilding. This game is soo much more rewarding when you have every single prisoner working, and in reform.

[Staffan]

Dooh. I think I misspoke earlier. One sheet of metal might actually generate more plates.
The trees alone make 4 planks per log.