Prison design, separate rooms or one big?

[Toprongy]

I didn't have many in my latest colony but when I had 2 one of them had a mental break and started hitting the other one and when I went in with an armed pawn to beat him down he took the prisoner's leg off with a gun.. in melee.. so I would like to keep them healthy until harvest or selling

[believor in Prawn]

personally i just have one huge unlit room with sleeping spots on the floor, if you want to recruit just give them a colonist's bed

[Toprongy]

Originally posted by believer in prawn:

personally i just have one huge unlit room with sleeping spots on the floor, if you want to recruit just give them a colonist's bed

Sounds comfy ^^ but I think my human leather bedrolls are better than sleeping on the floor and they meet their comrades too!

[Pyrrhus]

Depends on your difficulty settings. If you get too many raids or hostile pawns coming to your base then large prison. But for easy or peaceful setting, I'd say around 4 beds prison but your hospital should have more beds depending on how many pawns you have.

[gussmed]

My prisons have all been large, well-furnished individual cells. Any time prisoners share a cell, it means one escapee lets them all out, making the prison break much worse. Mood affects recruitment speed, so the better the cells, the less effort required to recruit them.

A big multi-bed cell only makes sense if you plan on getting rid of them rather than recruiting them.

[TC]

If you keep them separate, when they escape, will they all escape, or just a few?

[Narrowmind]

This is the thing! If one escapes, they all can escape, even from different cells. This doesn't seem fair. It seems unmanageable and unrealistic.

[Toprongy]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

This is the thing! If one escapes, they all can escape, even from different cells. This doesn't seem fair. It seems unmanageable and unrealistic.

That is solved by a lock mod isn't it?

[Narrowmind]

Yes, I understand that. But for something like this, I prefer to stick with vanilla mechanics.

[Toprongy]

Originally posted by Ratlegion:

Yes, I understand that. But for something like this, I prefer to stick with vanilla mechanics.

True it is unfair and a bit dumb but I guess we only have the mod for it

[TC]

Ok. Then I personally stay with barrack.
And keep amputate the legs :p

[Dire]

One big room for the prisoners I want to recruit, 2x2 rooms for prisoners I want to sell/harvest.