Prison Architect
16 Achievements
1000 XP
Don't Put Me In The Dark
Executed a prisoner on death row
40 XP
3.0%
How to unlock the Don't Put Me In The Dark achievement in Prison Architect - Definitive Guide
There are few steps you have to take for this trophy:
- Make sure you have an execution room. Note that there isn't a dedicated room for this so build a normal room then place an electric chair in it.
- Test the chair so you're sure your utilities can handle it (like in the story mode).
- Have a death row inmate handy. At the intake menu you can select which type of prisoners you want to arrive the following 8am. Select a death row (black suit) prisoner and he will arrive the following day.
- When you select your inmate and view his details, you can see if you're advised to execute or hold off for now. You can ignore this for the trophy but it will impact your game if you execute him too early.
The below will unlock the achievement but it will probably hurt the value of your prison so I suggest turning auto-save off before doing the below and then reloading or waiting until you can lawfully execute a prison if its in a prison that you want to keep.
Before you can execute a prisoner you need to hire a lawyer and research Death Row in the bureaucracy menu. Then build a cell block and set the security zone to death row prisoners and an execution room.
Next in-take a death row prisoner and click on him and scroll across until you get the option to execute him. There will now be five stages to the execution that you'll need to confirm and the achievement will unlock once the prisoner is dead.
If you would rather "lawfully" execute a prisoner you'll also need to build a parole room and then set up the Death Row Appeal program. The prisoner will then get several chances to appeal his execution before you can lawfully execute him. 90% of the time the prisoners appeal will be successful so I'd suggest building 5-10 cells and in-taking the maximum number of death row prisoners over a couple of days. Your lawyer can also research Reduce Execution Liability which will speed up the process slightly.