For that reason man the doors/entrances to your canteen with metal detectors and patrolling guard dogs to prevent contraband from entering the highly populated area. The canteen is also a central area in which prisoners will trade contraband. For higher security sector canteens, one should consider deploying armed guard as dangerous prisoner easily can take down guards. The likelihood of a mass violent outbreak or riot occurring is significantly higher.ĭeploying Guards will help decreasing the likelihood of a violent outbreak. When building a canteen, keep in mind that there will be many prisoners mingling in one area simultaneously.

Assigning multiple canteens/cell blocks to one kitchen/laundry/canteen: Hold SHIFT while left-clicking each destination. In this view, the player can manually assign a different kitchen to provide food for a different canteen if they wish. If the supply of food does not match up to the demand this may be due to an insufficient number of hired cooks. A small supply-and-demand tab can be shown above every canteen in this view, detailing how much food is required by your inmates and how much food is being prepared by your cooks. The food distribution overlay, found under logistics, displays which kitchens (if there are multiple) are supplying food to the canteen(s) in your facility. It is also highly recommended that you allow two or more opportunities for prisoners to eat during a given day. It widely depends on the number of prisoners in your prison, but you should always allow plenty of time in your regime for prisoners to eat.

Cooks will take the dirty trays and clean them at a sink Consider placing a Tray Dispenser in the canteens to avoid running out or traysįemale prisoners will eat at a nursery instead of a canteen.Īfter a prisoner has finished eating, they will leave their dirty food tray on the table and, if the eat regime is over, will proceed out of the canteen. Each prisoner will obtain a full food tray when collecting their food from the serving table, and will then proceed to find a table to eat at. The serving table will temporarily house the cooked food as well as a plentiful stack of food trays. During EAT regimes, all prisoners will surrender their duties/activities and head towards the canteen where food will have been prepared by your cooks, a few game hours prior to 'eat time'.

Prison architect cell block layout