The most effective way to start a riot in the prison

prison-architect

For an achievement you need to stop a riot of 50 or more prisoners in your prison. However, I seem to be ineffective at pissing off my prisoners to a point where they riot.

So what would be the most effective way to make them rage to the point where they riot?

Best Answer

When you want to make a selective prisoner riot:

  1. Build (or use an existing) cell block with a few more than 50 prisoners (some might kill each other before you have an "official" riot going on)
  2. Build (or pick) a canteen where you want the riot to happen.
  3. Use micromanagement to make sure that the prisoners of the chosen block (and only them) use that canteen (Logistics -> Food Distribution)
  4. Add solitary doors to the canteen (other doors work too, but when you want the riot to cause the least damage possible, you need to contain it until the guards and riot police are in position)
  5. Wait until meal time. When all prisoners are in the canteen, order any guards to leave the canteen and then set all doors of the canteen to "Door Mode: Locked Shut".
  6. Now just wait for about a day.

While the prisoners are locked in the canteen, they can't satisfy most of their needs (they won't even get more food because there is no path between kitchen and canteen) making them more and more angry. Sooner or later you will have a nice but contained riot on your hands.