Objects Prison Architect Guide
Last update: 25 May 2016
Objects are items found in the prison and used in any way by the prisoners or personnel. They can be divided into a few categories, depending on their utility and how they are used:
- Aesthetical - they don't have any practical use, they just serve as decorations (e.g. trees, doors);
- Production - they are used to produce goods (e.g. workshop press and saw);
- Utilities - they satisfy the needs of prisoners (e.g. toilet, bed, bench);
- Office - used by the prison staff (e.g. desk, chair, cctv);
Below you will find a list of all objects available in the game, with an additional comment and most important information for each of them.
Name | Cost | Size | Suggested amount for 100 prisoners | Needs satisfied | Comments | |
Bed | 200 | 2x1 | 100 | Sleep | <br>The only item that prisoners can sleep on | |
Toilet | 100 | 1x1 | 100 | Bladder & Bowels | Essential in each cell and holding cell | |
Table | 100 | 4x1 | 25 | N/A | Where meals are served in the canteen | |
Chair | 30 | 1x1 | N/A (staff only) | N/A | Required in offices | |
Bench | 30 | 4x1 | 25 | Comfort | Required in the canteen and common cells | |
Electric Chair | 5000 | 2x2 | N/A (it doesn't work) | N/A | None | |
Jail Door | 200 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | You need at least one to finish placing foundations (see: Foundations). | |
Large Jail Door | 350 | 2x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Door | 50 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Solitary Door | 500 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Staff Door | 100 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Window | 200 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Large Window | 200 | 2x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Tree | 0 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | None | |
Light | 30 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | Appears by default in all buildings, require a cable win the area to work | |
Kitchen | 500 | 2x1 | 4 | Food | Where meals are prepared in the kitchen | |
Fridge | 500 | 2x1 | 4 | Food | <br>Where food is stored in the kitchen | |
Bin | 20 | 1x1 | N/A | N/A | Lets you dispose of trash which are then moved to the garbage zone | |
Sink | 20 | 3x1 | 4 | Food | Used for washing dishes after a meal (optimum location: the kitchen) | |
Serving Table | 20 | 5x1 | 3 | Food | Where meals are placed before being served (required in the canteen) | |
Shower Head | 20 | 1x1 | Around 100 | Hygiene | Used for taking showers | |
Bookshelf | 30 | 1x1 | N/A (doesn't work) | N/A | Has no use at all | |
Office Desk | 30 | 2x1 | N/A (staff only) | N/A | Required in offices | |
Filling Cabinet | 30 | 1x1 | N/A (staff only) | N/A | Required in offices | |
Medical Bed | 500 | 2x2 | N/A (see: Infirmary) | N/A | Required in the infirmary, it doesn't play any role of its own | |
Morgue Slab | 100 | 2x1 | N/A (see: Morgue) | N/A | Where corpses are laid | |
Drain | 20 | 1x1 | A few in each shower room | N/A | Increases the pace at which water is drained from the floor | |
Sprinkler | 20 | 1x1 | One in each room | N/A | Extinguishes fires | |
Metal Detector | 1000 | 1x1 | As many as possible | N/A | Detects contraband in prisoners walking through | |
Weights Bench | 100 | 2x1 | Not required (see: Yard) | Exercise | Used for exercises. Running is much cheaper, so investing in a bench isn't recommended | |
Phone Booth | 300 | 1x1 | At least 50 | Family | Lets prisoners contact their families | |
TV | 200 | 1x1 | At least 50 | Recreation | A basic item used for recreation | |
Pool Table | 300 | 2x3 | Not required (see: Common room) | Recreation | An advanced recreational machine, taking up pretty much space and letting two prisoners use it at once | |
Cctv | 200 | 1x1 | One monitor can be used for maximum 6 cameras | N/A | Lets guards observe distant rooms (as long as they're in front of the monitor) | |
Cctv Monitor | 1000 | 3x1 | One monitor can be used for maximum 6 cameras | N/A | A guard standing in front of the monitor observes the image from all cameras | |
Laundry Machine | 1000 | 1x1 | 3 | Clothing | Used for washing dirty clothes | |
Laundry Basket | 100 | 1x1 | 5 | Clothing | Used for storing clothes (both clean and dirty) | |
Ironing Board | 100 | 3x1 | 2 | Clothing | Used for ironing washed clothes | |
Visitor Table | 300 | 3x2 | 8 | Family | It's where prisoners meet with their families (required in the visitations room) | |
Workshop Saw | 1000 | 3x1 | As much as possible (they earn you money) | N/A | Using the saw prisoners process Sheet Metal into Licence Plates (Blank) | |
Workshop Press | 1000 | 3x1 | As many as the saws | N/A | Using the press prisoners process Licence Plates (Blank) into Licence Plates |