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40d:Jail
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A jail is a special room used in dwarven justice. It is designated from a chain or rope, or from a metal cage.
Your fort's sheriff or captain of the guard will request chains, ropes or metal cages to be designated as jails. The current number of ropes or chains needed is indicated on the z Status menu, under the Justice submenu. The number of them requires is one-tenth the current population, rounded down to the nearest integer.
Dwarves who are chained in a jail will be unable to sleep unless a bed is placed adjacent to the chain. Due to an oversight as of v0.27.169.33a, dwarves without bedrooms will happily sleep on the beds in the jail, tying up the beds and preventing them from being used by the prisoner.