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Prison Architect is a simulation/management game developed and published by Introversion Software. It was released on October 6, 2015.

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'Prisoner Intake' inaccurate

I'm playing Prison Architect via Steam with a bunch of DLCs (Aficionado, Cleared for Transfer, Free for Life, Island Bound, Psych Ward.) I recently picked up 'Free for Life' (since it was free on ...
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What is this blue callout in Prison Architect and how do I disable it?

I just loaded up my Prison Architect save and there's a strange icon by the arriving helicopter, that I can't figure out what it is trying to indicate. There have been some updates to Prison Architect ...
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supply trucks not going all the way to the delivery area

I'm having supply trucks stopping randomly holding up everything and when I dismiss it it goes away perfectly then all the other trucks go to the right spot but then every 5 trucks or so another one ...
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How can I make time even faster in Escape Mode?

I tend to play on Escape Mode a lot so this is a really big issue but the fastest setting the game offers is still moderately slow. Is there any way to speed the game up more than the what the options ...
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How do I prevent my Armed guards from going to minimum security security rooms?

To deal with certain dangerous individuals, a prison has had to hire multiple armed guards in Prison Architect. They are necessary to suppress or periodically fusillade such inmates. The prison has, ...
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How to make fearless deadly stoic volatile prisoners do their time?

In Prison Architect, there is a particular nasty combination of traits that can make a prisoner essentially impossible to jail conventionally. It's a combination of the following: Fearless making ...
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How do I recover a corrupted Prison Architect savegame?

When loading a prison, the game crashes with an unknown reason. The last autosave is corrupted, too. I spent a million hours in the game. *cry* Do I have to start a new game or is there anything I can ...
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Can the Success Chance be cheesed?

I am trying to earn the "The Reform through Education Initiative" grant. To do that, at least one prisoner must pass, not just finish, the "General Education Qualification" course. This is already ...
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Where is the program scheduler on the iPad version?

I am trying to schedule an alcoholics counseling program to a specific common room on the iOS (ipad) version of Prison Architect. I have micromanagement unlocked, and I have the program created, but ...
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How do you get soldiers in Prison Architect without losing or mods?

I saw a friend have soldiers in his game, he had no mods, and it was not a Game-Over situation. How can I do that? I accidentally did It once, but I don't know how.
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How can I get the shop worker's luxuries need met?

The only method I have found to satisfy the "luxuries" need for inmates is via a shop. My problem is that the inmate who works there is one of the biggest troublemakers because his luxuries need is ...
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Are security levels a gradation of something or just incomparable classes for easy management?

Do guards behave with them differently? Also, wiki sources tell us to assign "protected custody" to one kind of prisoners and "supermax" to another. If I assign them vise versa would it work the same?...
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Workshop - not producing anything at all

So I was doing a grant - producing 30 license plates. I have qualified prisoners who passed the workshop safety test and they go to the workshop during every work time. The problem I'm having is ...
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What is this icon next to the inmates name tag?

I sometimes see this, and I'm not sure what it is. Next to an inmates name, it will have an icon (drugs in this case) and I can't seem to find online anywhere what this is, or what causes it: I ...
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Why aren't there any books in my prison library?

I have a sizeable prison library, and several workers assigned to work there. I recently just read on this Reddit post that you need a sorting desk for each worker, but the problem that I'm having is ...
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