The small left and right arrows, located immediately beneath the challenge thumbnail, allow you to cycle through the available challenges. Between and below them is a message from the local authorities in your area describing the nature of the challenge being set. In the bottom left and right corners of the screen are 2 more buttons. The left takes you back to the Main Menu screen, and the right one takes you to the selected challenge.

Building / Room Info: Alongside the thumbnail image of the building / room and its description is the date it was built, construction cost, floor surface area / footprint in square meters and number of floors (naturally, in the case of rooms, this will always be 1).

Dynamic Data: In the bottom right of the panel are factors that can change over time dependant upon your actions and game criteria: Security level of the building / room, the numbers of staff and prisoners at the present time, running costs for the upkeep of the building / room. This expenditure can be toggled down to save cash at the expense of a reduction of standards, or toggled up to improve them. Beneath that, there is a percentile measure of the general condition of the place, from 0 to 100. Keep a frequent eye on this as it is your best indicator as to whether or not you are maintaining your facilities properly.

This button opens a drop-down roster displaying a list of the building's current occupants, be they staff members or inmates, and an assortment of useful info and stats about them. Clicking on any individual in this roster will focus in on them and open a pop up panel displaying information about them.

Clicking this button at any time will put this particular building into "Lockdown". In this state all the inmates will be forced to return to their cells and building will be locked until you decide otherwise. When an individual building is in lockdown, this will be indicated above its thumbnail image in the top left corner or the panel. Clicking the button again will deactivate lockdown on that particular building.

Finance Panel
The Management panel is effectively five panels in one. They are accessible via the icons at the top of the panel and are: Finance, Guards, Prisoners, General Staff and Challenge. The Challenge button will be un-clickable in Free Play Mode as it only relates to Challenge Mode. By default, when you first click the Management icon on the main interface, it opens with your Financial Information on display. The entries are as follows:

Vital Statistics: On the right of the panel, beside the snapshot the individual's statistics (see above) are displayed. Monitor these carefully to ensure that they are in a fit state to function properly. If this is not the case, ask yourself, what can be done better to improve matters?

Data: The top right of the panel is concerned with personal matters regarding this individual, including age, star sign, when they joined your prison and how long they have served here. Also, the number of prisoners this guard has been forced to subdue, how many he has killed, and the number of escapees apprehended. Under the snapshot near the bottom of the panel are their security level (a measure of their competence and ability to handle dangerous inmates), their Alert State (be it, Normal, Patrolling or Riot) and their current monthly salary.

	Patrol: If you want an individual guard to patrol a particular area, clicking this button will allow you to set a series of "way points". The guard will use them as the path he will take on his rounds. A useful means of increasing security in trouble "hot spots".
	Subdue a Prisoner: If an inmate is attacking another, or a member of staff, or you simply don't like the look of him, you can have a guard subdue that prisoner. In simple terms, he will get all the fight knocked out of him. A subdued prisoner won't give you any trouble for a while, although he will probably need to visit the one of the prison's medical facilities.
	Riot Mode: The guard will head immediately to the armoury to suit up with body armour and arm himself for a lethal force situation. Only to be used if prisoners are getting out of hand as collateral damage could be high.

Moving Guards: If you want to manually relocate guards to a place where their presence is required, left click on them and they will become attached to the end of your cursor. Left clicking in a new location will re-locate them. If you want to locate them to somewhere within a building, simply click on the building and you will have access to all its floors in the normal way. Conversely, to move someone out of a building simply pick them up and click on the exit building icon.

Population: How many prisoners you are housing and how many there are within each security band (Low, Medium, High and Maximum).

Data: The rest of the panel shows the following, starting next to the population count by security level, they are: inmates released; inmates escaped; inmates rehabilitated; and re-offenders.

In a row along the bottom are the following: number of fights; number of riots; total deaths; deaths due to illness; deaths due to inmate violence; deaths due to guard action; and executions.

Contraband: In the bottom right of the panel is an indicator showing the current level of contraband circulating amongst the inmate population.

This button opens a drop-down roster displaying a list of all your prisoners, and an assortment of useful info and stats about them. Clicking on any individual in this roster will focus in on them.

It is wise to keep a careful eye on the prisoner panel. If violence is on the increase, for example, then you are probably doing something wrong; either your security is insufficient or lax, or your inmates' living conditions are not good enough.

Vital Statistics: On the right of the panel, beside the snapshot the individual's statistics (see above) are displayed. Monitor these carefully ant try to spot any telltale signs of boredom, aggression or ill health. If negative traits are dominant then it's possible you are not spending enough on inmate facilities and welfare. If, on the other hand, your prisoner is calm, healthy and well on his way to being fully rehabilitated, then you are clearly doing something right.

Data: The top right of the panel shows personal matters regarding this individual, such as age, star sign, when they were incarcerated in your prison and the length of their sentence. Followed by: fights, kills, guard assaults, escape attempts, date of next parole hearing, tasks completed and cash saved from their prison wages. Next to their snapshot is their security level (a measure of their overall risk), and their gang affiliations (this is worth keeping track of as opposing gangs fight each other given the chance).

Mood State: Under the prisoner's portrait is his mood state. This is a useful indicator as to whether or not your prison facilities are up to scratch and what areas may need attention in order to maintain harmony.

Prisoner Death: When a prisoner is injured there is every chance that he will be able to heal naturally or else find assistance from your medical staff. However, sometimes a prisoner is so severely injured that he will die that very day unless he finds, or is given, medical attention. In this instance another icon is shown on the prisoner pop-up panel.

Celebrity Prisoner: If this icon appears on the pop-up panel then you have a noteworthy "celebrity" felon on your hands. This is likely to attract attention to your prison from fans and media types. If this individual tells everyone he was well treated it will do wonders for your reputation. However, bear in mind, on the inside as on the outside, celebrities can be a handful. Whatever happens, his presence is sure to draw attention, welcome or otherwise, to your facility and how you run it.

Cell Allocation / Reallocation: Prisoners will normally be allocated to cells automatically, but this is an entirely arbitrary process and prisoners with opposing gang affiliations can end up bunking together. You may wish to separate them for their own safety and the overall benefit of your prison. As described above, you can pick up and move prisoners to new locations and also place them in a new cell. If there is available space in the cell (and by "cell" we also include any placed arrangement of beds and bunks in dorms) and the prisoner and cell security ratings are compatible then the cursor will move into the cell area and you will be able to place the inmate. If the security ratings are incompatible and/or there is not an available bunk in that unit, then the cursor will not allow placement of the inmate. Remember that just because there appears to be a free bunk, it is possible that it is already allocated to another inmate who happens to be elsewhere at the time. In this case you will have to pick another cell or bunk for him. The "cell" icon beside his Mood State indicates whether or not he has been assigned a cell. If the icon has a RED "X" through it, that warns you that this inmate has no accommodation. If this is the case then you need to do something about it or he will escape!

Moving Prisoners: When you left click on a prisoner, as with a member of staff, you have the option to move them to another part of the prison. This is significant if you find that rival gangs are mixing and fighting too frequently. Remember that inmate conflict is extremely BAD for your Prison Rating and its overall development. When relocating a prisoner, the process is exactly the same as moving a member of staff. Left click on them and they will become attached to the end of your cursor. Left clicking in a new location will re-locate them. If you want to relocate an inmate to somewhere within a building, simply click on the building and you will have access to all its floors in the normal way. Conversely, to move someone out of a building simply pick them up and click on the exit building icon.

Vital Statistics: On the right of the panel, beside the snapshot the individual's statistics (see above) are displayed. Monitor these carefully to ensure that they are in a fit state to function properly. If this is not the case, ask yourself, what can be done better to improve matters?

Data: The top right of the panel is concerned with personal matters regarding this individual, including age, star sign, when they joined your prison and how long their contract is for, number of tasks completed, and their salary. Staff Morale is affected by their working environment. If it is low, then you need to change a few things to their betterment or maybe give them a pay rise to motivate them, perhaps they are expected to do too much and would do better if more staff were working with them.

Duty Button: If you feel that your employee is just standing around doing nothing or wandering aimlessly, then click here. This will immediately send them off to find a task to do.

Moving Staff: If you want to manually relocate a member of staff to a place where their presence is required (especially useful in the case of Cleaners and Maintenance Workers), left click on them and they will become attached to the end of your cursor. Left clicking in a new location will re-locate them. If you want to locate a member of staff to somewhere within a building, simply click on the building and you will have access to all its floors in the normal way. Conversely, to move someone out of a building simply pick them up and click on the exit building icon.