Different regimes for the different risk categories which are present in your prison can be set up. I forgot i was only allowing medium prisoners thru a certain space, and it prevented them from reaching the canteen. But both buildings, standing there. ), Because if it was a working canteen it would show the same symbol as on the other Canteen (Cutlery)Make sure the kitchen is zoned to the same type of prisoner as you want. Invest and InnovateTap federal money with grant applications & direct your funds to combat. When trying to connect the red line, there stands. If you actually have defined cells, guards will eventually move prisoners into them from the holding cell. 25(12) 15(16) =Ingredients/40. This room functions to re-energize your tired Staff members. I find it best to use secure doors so the guards don't have to enter the inmates ell to give them food. this happens to me all the time. ago XanderTheChef No prisoners assigned to canteen (not staffroom related) Other/Meta even after installing the staffroom fix mod (which was the. However, this was improved a lot in that update. I'm trying to connect all my cell blocks and the holding cell to this canteen in the middle of my prison. Also you can assign a the cellblock to a staffroom in logistic tab. Can’t do that, it’s connected to their small canteen. It simply will not let us assign it to that canteen. Toss in a few armed guards as well. This could be caused by a messed-up Logistics link. make toilets for your staff but make sure you do not assign the toilets within the Staffroom Room area. But, you can set up a phone service account through a third party phone service to:. or should i play something else till its patched? I used to be able to start building a large holding cell at the start, then build the. Make sure there are no areas that are "blocked off" by deployment. The game prevents prisoners going into areas they may escape from. I'm pretty sure its because I made it only for criminally insane prisoners. Still, they can't eat there. It should be placed near the prisons Family cells. ok. Mastercow Sep 20, 2015 @ 10:27am. I built two dorms of 20 prisoner capacity (both in area /9x9 and 9x10/ and in number of. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. Assign some prisoners to cells near the canteen, it might just solve both of the issues that you have raised here. On medium food amount a 4 prisoners need 4 meals, each cooker can cook 20 meals, and each cooker can hold 40 food, 1 sink will be good enough for 40 plates if the meals have to be served every 5 hours, u can fit a 40 man kitchen in 2 by 9 or 3 by 6 area. The deployment screen shows the various areas of your prison and WHO can go to them. In your Food Logistics. Left click and hold the clock to move it around, if it gets in the way. Canteen problem. During shower time, prisoners will not leave the "shower" areas in your prison, during "eat" time, prisoners will not leave the canteen areas in your prison, etc. The key to building a successful and efficient kitchen is a ratio. Prison Architect. Trixi Sep 25, 2015 @ 10:30am. CharlesDarwin59 • 5 yr. The challenge must be to get as far with your prison before you get sick of something simple not working. I'm pretty sure its because I made it only for criminally insane prisoners. check the canteen settings and check that starving prisoners have a clean path to canteen (no staff zone, neither restricted to other categories or prisoners). One left his cell to go to the shower but that is connected to the cell block. Originally posted by Duck Brigade: Guards that don't have an assigned patrol like to hang out in prisoner high traffic areas like the Canteen, Yard, or Deliveries. The cell block is already auto-assigned to another canteen above it that's not shown in the image. Kitchens are staffed by Cooks and Prisoners. ago. and therefore won't be assigned that canteen. Requirements The first step is to use bureaucracy to unlock micromanagement, Once researched it unlocks advanced features that allow you to have control over which cell blocks. Result: Same effect, Max Sec went hungry. Logistics > Food Distribution > and connect the cell blocks manually with the canteen. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. Unlike a dormitory, a holding cell can hold an unlimited number of prisoners temporarily. It contains up to 5 tabs of information. try moving your serving tables 1 square towards the canteen, and adding a wall. Fork. 2. Menu. You actually only need one table. Either to your kitchen or a tiny staff sink room next to the staff canteen. Additionally, if I romve the room of the blue canteen, every cell block gets assigned to the orange canteen. I forgot that I’d set the entire outside area to “Staff Only” in the Deployment tab while I was building the new prison area, and ended up starving a bunch of my prisoners for a few days until I figured out why they weren’t going to eat! You don't assign the prisoners to the canteen. Install a couple of sprinklers. #10. The cook I hired is not cooking, I even put a little walkway from the door of the holding area to the canteen but still nothing is. Canteens need to be linked to Cell blocks (a closed off area consisting of only Cells) so that the prisoners in the. Result: Same effect, Max Sec went hungry. 7 How to assign prisoners to a canteen in prison architect? [6]For Prison Architect on the PlayStation 4, FAQ by barticle. how do i assign each person to a certain canteen, its clear that they broke the automated way it used to do it. You can connect multiple by holding left shift. Jan 2, 2016 @ 11:21am I always assign it but it doesnt work #2. A dormitory can hold one prisoner per four squares of space, given there are enough of beds for all prisoners. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to Paradox Interactive. or should i play something else till its patched? I used to be able to start building a large holding cell at the start, then build the. No prisoners were in the canteen. Holding Cells are like a safety valve for a near-capacity prison. If it's a glitch try reloading your save which old builds would sort issues like that. Save money and just zone it outside on. of is mogelijk niet geschikt voor de werkomgeving. You should just be able to assign jobs to kitchen regardless. hopefully it will be done when i get home from work. The Holding Cell is a prison cell which can hold several prisoners at once. 6. I also believe this happening to other things like showers, but I'm not sure. Your staff will prefer to eat in the Staff Canteen, but can eat their meals in a Staff Room until you have all of the prerequisites for one. “There are no canteens accessible…. However, when I try to manually assign a kitchen to a second canteen, it unassigns it from the first canteen. how do i assign each person to a certain canteen, its clear that they broke the automated way it used to do it. That's what I do. Click on the Foundations tool and select the Building Sub-Button to create the Office Building. Gym. You'll need to run programmes and assign prison labour if you want. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to Paradox Interactive. Key Features:Customized ConfinementAllocate resources to optimize your compound, but don’t restrict the flow of the crowd lest you encounter a flood, fire, fight, or full-blown riot. Security – The room itself does not have to be big, but the more CCTV panels you can fit into it the more cameras you can operate around your prison. Dormitory. Even then, though, I still haven't managed to feed all my inmates; I'll get most of them, but some either aren't hungry (I. Naturally everyones upset. This is a “hot” topic with 35,600 searches/month. Receive collect calls from someone in provincial custody at a reduced rate; Leave a voicemail for. Select the prisoners you want to assign to the canteen by left-clicking and dragging the mouse to create a selection box around them. Showing 1 - 4 of 4 comments. Invest and InnovateTap federal money with grant applications & direct your funds to combat. i click on the curved red dotted line, i click on the canteen, nothing. Archived post. ago. Your WORKMEN bring food to staff canteen, NOT cooks. From what I remember, that used to (and probably still does) make the check look to see if the door's tile is. A very quick tutorial on how to fix the error "There are no canteens accessible by this cell" in Prison Architect. But you could only build solitary cells and just a holding cell. Make sure they cna go there. I don’t really know how to explain, but you seem to have your nursery and cells in the same building. I have a canteen, but it has this message above all my cells and kitchens (^^^title is message^^^). Make one of your more centralised staffrooms large enough to have canteen equipment (tables etc) AND a kitchin sink (s) 3. I tried everything I could think of, but I wanted to give a woman's prison a go anyway so I sold it off. you should be able to deploy a guard to that section as a whole, not treated as individual cells. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to… My holding cell says that there are no canteens accessible from this cell yet there is a canteen a few blocks away, I am early in the game and have not yet researched anything so I can't change the logistics, please help. A Screenshot of Prison Architect. Here are the best content by the team thcsnguyenthanhson. Prison Architect - Support & Bug reports. Besides that, you should consider looking for cell block/canteen problems, connecting cell blocks to canteens and so on. Begineer's guide to Prison Architect [ENG/PL] By Roczo and 2 collaborators. ago. With Update 27, Introversion think they’ve fixed it. After researching Prison Labour, prisoners can be assigned to work in this room. The Block itself is (probably) assigned to eat in a canteen, yet you have some (family-)cells assigned to eat in the nursery. I just made a canteen just for criminally insane prisoners. Suddenly it said that there is no canteen assigned to the kitchen and no kitchen to the canteen andso all my prisonders have no place to eat. If there isn't a contained route to the canteen then inmates are not allowed to walk to that canteen so it doesn't count and they wont be automatically assigned to it. Key Features:Customized ConfinementAllocate resources to optimize your compound, but don’t restrict the flow of the crowd lest you encounter a flood, fire, fight, or full-blown riot. A popup marker of the orderly will show up only when he is being attacked by a prisoner, similar to guards. 1Yesss thank you I couldn’t figure this out, turns out there was ONE block missing from my perimeter wall Oct 12, 2015 at 23:50. Advance management will guide prisoners to the set canteens and help with prisoner safety. Canteen and Kitchen don't have to be disconnected with a wall. One of the goals that shows up in your checklist is to feed all your prisoners. I started building the biggest prison the game could handle without crashing last night in sandbox mode. You NEED a complete fence around your entire prison with a staff or prison door leading to the street/deliveries. oder zur Ansicht am Arbeitsplatz geeignet. 2ndly - that would be a bug. GAMES. Prison Architect Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. A) Do you have a Cooker, Freezer, and Sink set up with Electricity and Water in the Kitchen. None of them will leave to go eat, work, etc. GeneralEmbarrassed29 • 1 yr. Suddenly it said that there is no canteen assigned to the kitchen and no kitchen to the canteen andso all my prisonders have no place to eat. Prison Architect. I built both and it just says that no prisoners are assigned to eat there, so everyone just ♥♥♥♥. No matter what door. AddieBA • 5 yr. Business, Economics, and Finance. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect. Prisoners need to be trained first, then they will work in your workshop. Prisoners can be assigned to work in the shop. - Fixes to staff needs provisions: - Staff Rooms and Staff Canteens are now assigned a nearby kitchen in the Food Logistics view, just like any normal Canteen. ) If events are enabled, it is a good idea before you reach 100 prisoners that you create a virus ward for. Verios44 Sep 20, 2015 @ 12:19pm. It says: "there are no canteens accessible by this kitchen. This a (hopefully temporary) quick fix for the Staffroom error, 'There are no prisoners assigned to eat at this canteen'. This is in the campaign mission 5, where you are given an old plot of land with the excecution building you built in campaign mission 1 or 2. So do not assign them as Staffroom from. ), Because if it was a working canteen it would show the same symbol as on the other Canteen (Cutlery)Make sure the kitchen is zoned to the same type of prisoner as you want. If you let all your prisoners live in quality "10. The Block itself is (probably) assigned to eat in a canteen, yet you have some (family-)cells assigned to eat in the nursery. One cook supplied with five cookers, five fridges, and several sinks will feed an average of 20 prisoners per two hour long mealtime in your regime. Different regimes for the different risk categories which are present in your prison can be set up. I don't understand how one is supposed to assign a kitchen to multiple canteens and/or nurseries. But during free time they will wander the yard. Maybe that'll wake up the deployment screen. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect. Sadly, the assignment only works for the orange cell block and the orange solidary cells. Using the "Deployment" tab, which is accessable through the "Warden > Security > Deployment", you can set permissions for each room. 1 serving table = 2 cookers. Invest and InnovateTap federal money with grant applications & direct your funds to combat. Hire a Psychiatrist as soon as possible - fulfilling all the needs of prisoners will cause the danger levels to lower. Oct 8, 2015 @ 1:44am Nope then they wont, though if its insceured they might so watch out lol, I had like 20 prisoners escaping while getting laundry to th eother. Showing 1 - 7 of 7 comments. Left click and hold the clock to move it around, if it gets in the way. ago. Because your kitchens do not cook for the staff canteens. There are some prisoners eating but I couldn't. Install at least six Tables. #footer_privacy_policy | #footer. First use the Building tool in the Foundation Menu to create the Office Area. The rooms aren't designated under the door. Staff are split into 4 sections. 1stly - custom sectors tend to mess a lot of things up, reform programs and food are most commonly affected. Dodsmania May 22, 2015 @ 1:33am. For every 2 washing machines, have 4 ironing boards and 8 laundry baskets. I hope this was some help. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect. When the prisoner has something better to do, such as classes, work or rehab programs, they will go there. somehow. Increase the amount of equipment in your kitchen. Right, so I made a canteen and I have 8 prisoners in a holding cell for now. Then you have to examine the path to the canteen. I don't cover everything you need to know about it in this video,. . I opted back out of the beta and it was fixed, they went to the canteen again. I just got a load of new prisoners and they are sitting out and not being escorted. Prisoners are not being assigned to dormitories. If "One Click Rapsheet" is disabled, you can access the Prisoner Profile by left-clicking on a prisoner and selecting "Show Rapsheet" from the tooltip. And for some reason the cells are saying there's no accessible canteen and the canteen is saying there are no prisoners assigned to eat there and I have no idea what I'm supposed to do about that because there should be no reason that they. Prison Architect. Staff Room shows error: " There are no prisoners assigned to eat in this canteen " I changed the room to a canteen and back but it did not help. This ratio changes depending on your policy on food. If you do not have a wall or fence all the way around your prison the game will not consider your prison secure and thus will not allow prisoners to make their way to the canteen to eat. --GUIDE--. Try adding large jail doors to both ends to create a prison block, then see if you can assign that block to the canteen. What I recommend you to do: seperate the Family Ward from the rest of the prison with a door. That's it. Staffroom Trays. We'll cover basic requirements as well as some tips and general best practices. Todos los derechos reservados. - better provide of the demand from the kitchens. 2. Aug 1, 2014 @ 12:59pm No food trays in 2nd canteen I built a 2nd canteen, and no food trays appear in that canteen. No Sound sorry, no prisoners assigned to eat at canteen is caused simply because there must be physical barrier between buildings if they are built as two se. 3,2 MB · Views: 0 Last edited:. (see Section. It's a kown block/cell issue. I have a canteen that is a separate building with nothing blocking it from the building where the prison cells are. To get to the canteen prisoners have to go outside where there is no blocked off area preventing them from escaping. Ensured that both canteens/kitchens were stocked with cooks in each one. You may want to consider adding a direst rout between the two or locking the jail doors open for speeds sake, but it shouldn't be nessecary. 1. CharlesDarwin59 • 5 yr. No prisoners assigned to eat at this canteen This happened in the tutorial mission, where you need to rebuild a kitchen and a canteen. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. Every Canteen has a Red Flashing Exclamation Mark Icon on it. Jet City Gambler Oct 11, 2015 @ 6:04pm. However, Food Trays are still needed and handled as usual by cooks. How To Assign Prisoners To Canteen - Prison ArchitectHow To Assign Prisoners To Canteen - Prison ArchitectHow To Assign Prisoners To Canteen -…There has to be something wrong with the canteen (not fulfilling requirements, no Kitchen assigned, etc. After researching Prison Labour, prisoners can be assigned to work in this room. UPDATE: You need to have walls surrounding your compound!!! Just walls around the buildings isn't enough, have a wall going all the way around (road gate is. Logistics -> Food distribution-> Right click the canteen/cell block and then re assign. As Estelyen said, you need to make sure that the path towards the canteen does not leave an opening for the prisoners to escape. They must be a wing. punishment you have to schedule an eating time, as your prisoners wont be feed in. You don't assign the prisoners to the canteen. A) Do you have guards set up who can unlock doors and let prisoners in. My prison has 300 inmates and around 50 of them keep getting damage from starvation and my doctors are out of hand. My 120+ prison currently only intakes max-prisoners. An office to house surveillance equipment such as a CCTV console. It still says there are no prisoners assigned to blah blah blah. This chapter of the campaign teaches the player how to how to manage the Needs of your prisoners by building a Kitchen, a Canteen, a Common Room, and a Laundry, and how to fight contraband and addictions. Left click and hold a Report folder on its edges to move it around or Left click and hold bottom right to re-size. i still did it and i tried to assign it in logistics but the green button on the canteen never pops up. So im new at this and am having extreme difficutly figuring this out. This is currently not the case. Staff canteens are not stocked by your prison's kitchens, but from the outside with prepackaged staff meals. ago. I have spent some time and finally found the solution/permanent fix to the irritating staff meals issues!The issue where food trays are not cleaned and resto. Cooks are also responsible for distributing meals to staff rooms and staff canteens. but now nothing is working at all. To get the perfect kitchen and canteen, you need to plan ahead. To your regime: The work time is very long and your prisoners cant satisfy their needs for a long time. Install at least six Tables. I've tried resetting the holding cells, building new ones, firing an hiring more guards and they just sit there and do nothing. Your WORKMEN bring food to staff canteen, NOT cooks. Add a comment. Install a new sprinkler system. Well the problem is that in my prison every cell-area has got his own canteen. It said they needed a nursery rather than a canteen to eat so I constructed one. A subreddit dedicated to the game Prison Architect, developed by Introversion Software and sold to Paradox Interactive. So if you would like supermax to eat elsewhere then they need a separate cell block. A shop (sometimes called a commissary) is a Room where prisoners can buy goods, such as towels, blankets, soap, shampoo and magazines to help meet various Needs. Anyways, none of my canteens work yet. Keep contraband out of your prison. This is currently not the case. Kitchens are staffed by Cooks and Prisoners. The greater your inmate population, the more Fridges, Cookers and Cooks you will require to keep up with demand. I drag the lines but it wont work. Cook requirements depend on your prison and how far food has to be carried. “There are no canteens accessible…. You are reading aboutprison architect how to assign prisoners to eat. Workers bring goods into the shop and place them on. I drag the lines but it wont work. Preferably 1 chef for every cooker. Great looking prison! Very practical to make separate buildings, when you consider the risk of fires. Prior to version alpha-28, the AI of the chefs just couldn't handle multiple kitchens and canteens. Go to the "Deployment" menu in Prison Architect. All sorted now must of been some kind of security problem that wouldn't allow them to be assigned to teh canteen #13. it doesnt seem to work the other way around for some reason. Add a sink. It often is one of the first rooms built in your prison, as you can save money over individual cells. 2+4+8. If the Events option is used in the game, prisoners may demand less work, more sleep or more free time at certain. Nursery - "No Prisoners Assigned" issue. How To Assign Prisoners To Canteen - Prison ArchitectHow To Assign Prisoners To Canteen - Prison ArchitectHow To Assign Prisoners To Canteen -…Solodric Jan 4, 2017 @ 5:03pm. Visit our. There are no prisoners assigned to eat at this canteen, despite. Prison Architect > General Discussions > Topic Details. Canteen needs only one table (prisoners eat on benches anyway), but to. It was the update 12 that created this bug, not fixed it. Reply . HELP! Cannot assign the canteen to a holding cell. Multiple doors in usually aren't needed, as death row prisoners only leave their cell for a death row appeal. If you're unaware, there is a beta feature that turns on 'staff needs'. ago. I would add more distance from outer wall to yard - the prisoners will get trow-ins over the outer wall in your current layout. b. During shower time, prisoners will not leave the "shower" areas in your prison, during "eat" time, prisoners will not leave the canteen areas in your prison, etc. Also add a wall along the central walkway, s Why wont my max security prisoners eat? This is my max only section, during the time to eat my prisoners will goto the canteen and not eat anything even though there is food to be eaten and now all of them are starving. Clear the canteen wreckage; Clear the kitchen wreckage (OPTIONAL) Hire more workmen to speed up demolition; Part 3. Originally posted by jmjiscool: The Nursery is an activity room and canteen for Female Prisoners with Babies. I made family cells, and 2 are occupied. When we assign a prisoner to a cell, they really need to stay assigned to that cell untill such time the player re-assigns them to a different cell. i still did it and i tried to assign it in logistics but the green button on the canteen never pops up. Prisoners and staff spend a considerable amount of time walking from A to B. The game prevents any prisoners from. Warnung bei Prison Architect nicht mehr anzeigen. prisoners are not eating when it's "eat" time and just walking around the canteen. The game prevents any prisoners from accessing this area because they could escape. In this case i just used a length of 5 cells resulting in a total number of 40 cells. They are in prison for a large number of (usually) heinous crimes. Eat your greens! A canteen in a staff-only area becomes a staff canteen, used by guards during their break. I tried a women prison, and am working out all the extra requirements. I've made new kitchens and cell blocks, but the still no change. When the prisoner has something better to do, such as classes, work or rehab programs, they will go there. 8. You kitchen must be fully enclosed for things to function correctly. A room for preparing food to be eaten at the Canteen or the Nursery. 6. However, Food Trays are still needed and handled as usual by cooks. Also, check Logistics at the bottom, make sure the Canteen is assigned to the cell blocks correctly. An area for your administrative staff to work. Holding Cell. Guides. I'd say around 75 per 100. They can also be gang members. It has to be a canteen, not a staffroom. Also screenshots would help us help you. Shop. A very quick tutorial on how to fix the error "There are no canteens accessible by this cell" in Prison Architect. By: Maya-Neko. All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos Workshop News Guides Reviews. In dieser Community veröffentlichte Inhalte. One of the goals that shows up in your checklist is to feed all your prisoners. All Discussions. A. It's all part of the main complex so it's entirely walled off, I need to open this canteen as my prisoner numbers are increasing fast and they need food. Install two Benches around each Table. Niet opnieuw waarschuwen voor Prison Architect. (see Section 07a) One option for feeding your employees is a staff canteen. They can't be stand alone rooms (i. In this episode, we take a look at the holding cell and reception rooms. There are a few steps to a well run prisoner canteen assignment. But usually staff wants to go to a toilet before eating, so put a few toilets in the same staffroom as where the serving tables are. Although not necessary, it would be good to give the Staff Canteen its own Kitchen and assign a few Cooks to it via the Deployment menu. ago. The person with the longest travel time is the inmate in the top left corner, who needs like 25 minutes to get into the canteen. then if you get a warning that there are no available canteens, force it through logistics. XanderTheChef. You need to unzone the whole room and zone it again as a canteen. Hire more cooks. Prisoners will report here during "Work" time in Regime if jobs are available. Key Features:Customized ConfinementAllocate resources to optimize your compound, but don’t restrict the flow of the crowd lest you encounter a flood, fire, fight, or full-blown riot. However, when I try to manually assign a kitchen to a second canteen, it unassigns it from the first canteen. As the game stands now they keep changing cells all the time. Jul 30, 2015 @ 1:25pm It would have been that 2 tile gap you left between the canteen and kitchen. You are reading: “Prison architect staff room no prisoners assigned to eat at this canteen”. This room functions to re-energize your tired Staff members. if not enough, that will be pris*1. they are injured because of starvation, not because of fighting or anything. Deployment, sectors & patrols are broken in multiple ways. The only exception to this rule is a dormitory of 2x3 size (the smallest possible) that can be equipped with a bunk bed and host two prisoners on space of 6 squares. I started testing out the staff new staff needs update. I've assigned two blocks to a kitchen, and the connectors appear but it doesn't assign any of prisoners to go. If I have prisoners assigned to work in the kitchen can I just count them as cookers? Not quite. #3. Click image for larger version. While they are walking, they're not chopping wood, cooking meals, doing prison labour or attend class. Thanks for watching! Please can you share your prison on steam workshop so that we can take a look. Prison Architect. which is probably also why you've been receiving a notification from the kitchen about the canteen too. Once the prisoners are selected, right-click inside the canteen area to assign them to the canteen. They need food, but they have a canteen that is stocked with food very often. I left the game on set intake to 0 and went to sleep. #5. Or use the (transparent) digital clock available in the game options. #7. I had the first shipment of prisoners in there. From what I remember, that used to (and probably still does) make the check look to see if the door's tile is enclosed, which it wouldn't be. They are a fundamental necessity for any prison or detention center. Key Features:Customized ConfinementAllocate resources to optimize your compound, but don’t restrict the flow of the crowd lest you encounter a flood, fire, fight, or full-blown riot. In Prison Architect, the player will normally receive money when taking in and housing prisoners in the form of an initial intake payout ($300-$3000/prisoner depending on security category) as well as a daily payout ($100-$300/day). A. Using the "Deployment" tab, which is accessable through the "Warden > Security > Deployment", you can set permissions for each room. I am new to the game and i started a Prison and it asks me a Holding Cell so i made it and i made a Kitchen (with cookers) and a Canteen too, so when i completed it all i realised that the Holding Cell said:Theres not canteen accesible for the prisoners so they wont have. On a laptop, pressing both mouse buttons at the same time often. Female Prisoners will spend a lot of time in this room as well as eating there. even those you can see as available (available means not. it needs to have a door in order for you to be able to assign that cell block to a canteen. I manually assigned all of my other cell blocks to the canteen but I can't seem to figure out why I can't assign this cell block in the. It is created by building a standard Canteen and then designating it as " Staff Only " via the Deployment menu. This ratio changes depending on your policy on food.