Canteen's and Serving tables?

[godospartan]

Just wanna know how these work. But i am thinking as secure as possible for my newest prison. In order for me to do this, i need to keep any and all contact with staff to a bare minimum. Can i put a Serving table down, and from one side i have the Coooks come in and pout food down, and on the other priosners can take the food? You know, kinda like how they have it at resturaunts or school lunch rooms?

[AvatarMan]

The likely-hood of your chefs getting in danger is extremely low, and all objects can be passed through so you cant replace 5 sections of wall with a Serving Table, though it is a cool visual idea.
Having the serving table just by the door means the only time the chefs are in the canteen is the brief moment they take the food out, and the time it takes them to collect food trays off tables

[godospartan]

I'm going for a Max or SuperMax prison, and i don't do things halfway. i go all in or nothing. If i'm gonna have high risk prisoners by the boatload in my prison, i need every available waypoint guarded or in secure fashion. meaning i don't want these guys to get any funny ideas when a chef is bringing them food.

[Lu]

Prisoners are actually pretty predictable as long as you meet all their needs, unless they have a special trait like snitch, instigator, volatile, deadly or ex-law enforcement.

[iljapreuss]

There is a mod that lets you serve food in cells instead of in the canteen...

[godospartan]

im still new to the game here, and i know about mods but i'd rather not mod up a game i don't know yet without knowing which mods will be best for me.

[Grey Buddhist]

@Lu - you forgot 'legendary' also. :)

@godospartan - Lu is correct in that as long as you keep your prisoners happy (showers, toilets, fitness benches, tv's, pool tables, beds, jobs and programs, and food, even supermax prisons run trouble free (for the most part). There is always a chance of a random death, killing, overdose...but nothing career ending. Just have enough trays for all your prisoners in the canteen (each serving tray carries 20).

[Lu]

Well Legendary isn't really a trait, having 5 traits is Legendary.

[AvatarMan]

Reputation Legendary
ReputationHigh Legendary

Legendary is isnt a Trait, it's a Reputation, same as:
Reputation Snitch
Reputation Cop Killer
Reputation ExLaw
ReputationHigh ExLaw

These are Traits:
Traits Lethal
Traits RisksLife
Traits Violent
Traits Clever
Traits Controlling
Traits Destructive