Prisoners' needs Prison Architect Guide

Last update: 25 May 2016

Problems of prisoners can be seen in the Needs tab in the Reports menu (screen above). In order to gain access to it, you have to hire a psychologist - the tool won't work otherwise.

Satisfying the prisoners' needs is the basic condition you need to fulfil to run a prospering facility. If one or more of the needs remain unsatisfied for a long period of time, soon enough you will have to ready for fight and further on bigger riots. Those are unnecessary complication which you should avoid at all cost.

In the table below you can see the needs of prisoners and method of satisfying them.

Need	Method of satisfying
Bladder, Bowels	Toilet
Sleep	Bed
Food	Food in the canteen
Hygiene	A working shower
Clothing	A working and effective laundry
Comfort	Bench
Exercise	Running on the Yard, weights bench
Defence	No riots
Freedom	Access to daylight
Family	Phone Booth, Visitor Table
Recreation	TV, Pool Table