Bangup is a prison-wide command that, if given, all willing prisoners will be forced to return to their cells and remain there until the command is retracted. In other words, all prisoners who are not spoiling, fighting, or engaging in any other misdemeanor will return to their cells.
A bangup may prove useful in a variety of situations like:
- In a riot situation, to separate non-rioting prisoners from rioting ones thus helping with crowd control.
- During a 'virus' event, to quarantine infected prisoners.
Players must ensure that prisoners are not left in bangup for an over-extended period of time. Prisoners' needs will grow larger thus leading to prisoners getting disgruntled. As such, initiating a prison-wide bangup may do more harm than good, so be sure to use the command only when necessary and never for longer than needed.