Prison Architect, are prisoners supposed to go outside of their cell to do things?
I've been playing Prison Architect for a while now, I have all the rooms, and everything set. However, my prisoners don't go outside of their cell, even at feeding time. I don't know if they're supposed to do stuff like leave their cell, but they're also starving for some reason and I don't know what to do.
Here's a picture of the prison:
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go to your deployment, is your prison blinking yellow?
The prisoners should be able to leave their cells to go to certain rooms such as the yard and to get food etc...
Usually it won't class your prisoners as uncuffed in case they believe there is something wrong with the prison.
My thoughts also come down to the cells needing to be connected to a hallway which attaches to each other room/building as they need to have certain paths allocated to staff/prisoners/High Warning Prisoners.
Look at what areas are marked as. i had this problem because one of my main hallways was marked Medium only so my high risk guys would do nothing else. had to switch back to shared. worked fine after that.
Example here: 
There you can see paths connected to each cell and the locations they can go to.
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How do you keep prisoners from escaping prison architect?
A good way to stop escaping prisoners is fencing. Since you can't build in the road and blocking the deliveries zone will stop prisoners from getting in, use a staff door and leave the deliveries zone out. You can also use the Road Gate to secure the area.Is there an end to prison architect?
Instead of the game simply ending, the player is still allowed to view their prison in its final moments. This is similar to how Dungeon Keeper operated when the player met with failure; they would become a ghost and could watch their dungeon crumble.Can you play as a prisoner in prison architect?
You will be convicted of Criminal Negligence, and will spend time within your own prison as a prisoner. Escape Mode can also be started from the menu directly, where you can load any save game to start playing there as a prisoner.Do you need a holding cell prison architect?
Holding cells are a good choice for continuous intake prisons, as they are easy to build and they don't cost as much as normal cells. Holding cells only diminish a prisoner's privacy need.Solution to Prisoners in Holding Cell - Prison Architect : Quick Tutorial
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I see your kitchen equipment is smashed together in the same room as the Canteen, but I don't see a separate zone in there actually designating any space as a Kitchen.
If you have no Kitchens zoned, it doesn't matter if mealtime is scheduled, no one will go work in one. Cookers don't do anything unless they are in a kitchen and get worked, so as far as I can see, nothing gets cooked, nothing gets served, and nobody eats.
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