Items

The content of this page is based on Prison Architect Version 1.

Items are auto-generated objects which cannot be placed or modified by the player. Some items can be sold, either manually or using an exports zone. Items delivered to the various rooms of your prison can be used by the prisoners to smuggle contraband into the prison.

Items needed for the construction of certain structures (e.g. bricks for walls) are ordered automatically and their price is included in the construction price. Items needed in certain rooms (e.g. bleach or ingredients) will also be ordered automatically, and their prices have to be paid separately.

There are several item types around the prison:

Item	Price	Description	Variations
Bag of Garbage	$0	Leftovers from dumping objects or items like wasted food. May be stacked in bins, will eventually be moved to the Garbage zone.
Bleach	$2	Needed in the Cleaning Cupboard.
Book	$10	Used in the Library to fulfil the Literacy need. Ruined books will be put in bags of garbage.	Library Book Unsorted, Library Book Sorted, Ruined Book, Book Closed
Box		Various objects and items are delivered by the Supply Trucks in boxes (often several ones per box).
Brick	$50	Needed to build walls and several floor types.
Concrete	$10	Needed to build several floor types.
Dummy		Prisoners will place dummies as decoys when digging tunnels.
Food Tray	$1	Needed to serve food in the Canteen.	Food Tray Dirty
Grass Turf	$5	Needed to place Grass.
Ingredients	? ^{[verification needed]}	Needed in the Kitchen to cook meals. One meal consists of one to three ingredients, depending on the Policy settings. Spoiled ingredients will be put in bags of garbage.	Ingredients Cooking, Ingredients Cooked, Ingredients Spoiled
License Plates	$10	Manufactured in the Workshop from sheet metal, to be sold. One sheet metal is transformed into two license plate blanks, and one license plate blank becomes one License Plate. Profit (ignoring labour costs) for selling a license plate: $10 - $10/2 = $5.^{[verification needed]}	License Plate Blank
Log	$100 to buy $50 to sell	Obtained from cutting down trees, may be sold or processed to wood in the Workshop. One tree is producing three logs, one log produces four wood, and six wood make one Superior Bed. Profit (ignoring labour costs) for selling a log (if trees are purchased and not taken from the map): $50 - $100/3 = $16.^{[verification needed]}
Mail Unsorted		Will be delivered to the prisoners via the Mail Room.	Mail Sorted, Prisoner Mail, Prisoner Mail Opened
Mail Satchel		Used to deliver mail.
Meal	$15 ^{[verification needed]}	Cooked in the Kitchen from ingredients as food. One meal consists of one to three ingredients, depending on the Policy settings. Wasted meals will be put in bags of garbage.	Food Bowl, Food Waste
Prisoner Uniform	$10	Needed for every prisoner.	Dirty Prisoner Uniform, Crumpled Prisoner Uniform
Rubble		Leftovers from deconstructing walls or removing tunnels, will be packed in bags of garbage eventually.
Sheet Metal	$10	Needed to manufacture License Plates in the Workshop. One sheet metal is transformed into two license plate blanks, and one license plate blank becomes one license plate.
Shop Goods		Items being delivered to the Shop and sold there (for $5 each).	Snack, Magazine, Soap, Collectable
Stab Vest	$100	If Body Armour is researched, Guards, Armed Guards and Dog Handlers will pick them up for their safety.
Steel	$10	Needed to build foundations.
Superior Bed	$400	Manufactured in the Workshop from wood, to be sold. One tree is producing three logs, one log produces four wood, and six wood make one Superior Bed. Profit (ignoring labour costs) for selling a superior bed (if made from trees which are purchased and not taken from the map): $400 - $100/2 = $350.^{[verification needed]}
Tree Stump		Leftover of cut down trees, will disappear after some time.
Wood	$100 to buy $50 to sell	Manufactured from logs in the Workshop, may be sold or processed to Superior Beds in the Workshop. One tree is producing three logs, one log produces four wood, and six wood make one Superior Bed. Profit (ignoring labour costs) for selling wood (if made from trees which are purchased and not taken from the map): $50 - $100/12 = $42.^{[verification needed]}

For items classified as contraband (weapons, tools, narcotics, luxuries and some uncategorized contraband), see separate list. The contraband items are not actually delivered to your prison (and thus have no price, cannot be sold), they are just there. Other than the items listed here, they are usually invisible (or your staff is equipped with them, e.g. tazers), unless you find them on prisoners.