Give prisoners clothing?

[Emrys]

None of my prisoners will wear clothes... how do i fix this?

[Mr Moo]

I was just coming here to ask the same thing. From what I've read, they should wear clothes if you drop them in the cell, but it's not working for me. One of mine just died of hypothermia with a perfectly good 100% quality wool parka one tile away from him. It wasn't forbidden, either.

[Serina]

Making a stockpile for apparel inside the prison room has worked for me. My prisoners equiped clothes whenever they wandered around the room/got up to eat.

[Mr Moo]

I made a 1x1 stockpile with the parka in it, and also tried just dumping one on the floor, but the prisoner simply wandered around it for days getting colder until he passed out.

[Emrys]

I got it, I made the stockpile in a room and locked the prisoners in with it and they put it on

[Mr Moo]

Weird, maybe my prisoner was just suicidal :(

[Serina]

Rip prisoner. He'd rather die than put your parka on. :(

[Mr Moo]

No doubt. He was kind of annoying anyway. He was a long-term project though, I need a good Social / negotiator and he was way better than any of my tribe, but was taking forever to reduce his resistance and he escaped at least three times.

[Chicken 65]

I personally, if I was ever a prisoner on the rim would only accept the finest quality parkas. You know, the ones made from human leather? Stylish.

[Mr Moo]

Maybe I should have made a parka out of him in case it happens again, but too late now, he's incinerated.

[Chicken 65]

Originally posted by Mr Moo:

Maybe I should have made a parka out of him in case it happens again, but too late now, he's incinerated.

Get with the fashion! All the hottest colonists right now are strutting their stuff on the catwalk wearing these glorious human leather parkas, get yours today! Available with all good (or those with bad stats) raiders!

[Mr Moo]

Actually I was mistaken, I just heard a weird "eating" sound effect but there was no one in the dining room. Turns out I forgot to switch the crematorium on, so he's rotting away in a dumping stockpile outside, and currently being gnawed on by a rat. That's what he gets for being too proud to wear my parka.

[Chicken 65]

Originally posted by Mr Moo:

Actually I was mistaken, I just heard a weird "eating" sound effect but there was no one in the dining room. Turns out I forgot to switch the crematorium on, so he's rotting away in a dumping stockpile outside, and currently being gnawed on by a rat. That's what he gets for being too proud to wear my parka.

I want that on a t-shirt.

[Mr Moo]

... and now my best (but Volatile) craftsman has broken down and is wanding around in a daze. The final straw? "Innocent prisoner died."

This innocent prisoner raided my colony, was directly responsible for three injuries and indirectly responsible for my healer getting his eye chewed out by a cougar, tried three escape attempts, chose death by hypothermia over a perfectly good, brand-new parka, and is now basically haunting my other guys.

I still wish I knew why he wouldn't wear the parka, but man I love this game.

[esculapio]

Was he naked or wearing his own cloth? He will choose armor over insulation. You should have build him a heater or campfire.

[Mr Moo]

He was just wearing a shirt and pants, so I assumed he would wear the parka over the top, as my other colonists do?

You're right that I should have build a heater, but I was being stubborn.

ETA: At least, I think it was a shirt. Maybe I'm wrong and it was a jacket, in which case your explanation would be correct. Too late to check now but I'll definitely bear that in mind next time.