Prison

Prison is a building used to confine A_Ratizen who have committed crimes. When an offending A_Ratizen is nearby, holding left-click will arrest them and place them into a box. Carrying that box to the front of a Prison and clicking left-click again will place the prisoner inside.

Once imprisoned, the A_Ratizen will reflect for about two hours and then emerge. This makes Prison a temporary punishment and control building rather than a permanent removal tool, so it is mainly used to restore order after crimes have occurred.

In the mid to late game, once Copper Ingot can be produced, arresting can be automated by assigning A_Ratizen to the Police Station. This removes the need to manually hunt down each offender and makes crime management much easier as the settlement grows.

• Arresting requires direct interaction with the offending A_Ratizen by holding left-click near them.
• The arrested A_Ratizen is first turned into a box, which must be carried to the Prison.
• Clicking left-click at the Prison while holding the box sends the prisoner inside.
• Prisoners are released after roughly two hours.
• Automation becomes available later through the Police Station once Copper Ingot production is established.