Diary of a Prison Architect – Day 2, First Intake

Dear Diary,

I arrived early in the office today with my basic detention centre ready for operation but still a few hours before any of our guests arrive. So it’s time for a bit more planning. If I want this operation to grow I’m going to need to hire some administrative staff. Luckily there is a government grant for just that, a $10,000 contract for an Administration Centre. The blueprints are ready, just a short walk north of the detention centre, away from the riff-raff. Time to organise the workers.

Those workers worked throughout the night, well worth their $100 a day. If they complain about unionisation, I’ll have them start building some extra cells.

This is it, our first raft of offenders. Lets hope they don’t cause too much trouble.

Oh no! Jason “Carnage” Channell (pleaded guilty to Violent Disorder) has already made an escape attempt but was quickly apprehended by a guard. And now Dan Moss (pleaded guilty to False Imprisonment) is at it as well! Channell can go off to the naughty corner but the guards have beaten Moss unconscious. We don’t have a medical ward yet so we’re going to have to call in the paramedics.

Now you guys stay there until you feel bad for what you’ve done.

Whilst that was all happening it looks like our workers have finished the admin building and the warden has arrived. He can help us improve the daily schedule for our inmates as well as give us access to other staff members. I’ll have him search for an Accountant for us so that we complete our second contract.

All our prisoners are finally off the truck and it’s nearly 1pm already. We did have some issues with the loading area so I’ve had the workers knock down one of the fences there, let’s hope this won’t be an issue for us later.

Chow time, and what’s this!? Andrew Elison (pleaded not guilty to Rioting) has been spotted carrying a drill! He must have stolen it from one of those workers. Lockdown for you, buddy.

Our Accountant has arrived now and the Warden has shuffeled the schedules a bit and we’ve found that the prisoners sure have a lot of free time during the. Lets see if we can bring on a Foreman to set up some hard labour for these guys. The Accountant arriving also means that we have now completed our second contract. Whilst Health and Well Being are very important here, I think we’ll take on the contract for a new Cell Block. There are currently another 8 prisoners scheduled to arrive tomorrow and they’re not going to be happy if they’re all in that small holding cell.

But for now, it’s time for my lunch break.