At the beginning you will be able to customize your prisoners using avalible face and body models. You will have an option to choose the type and the pitch of their voices. You will also decide how you want to call them.
If you don't want to waste your time, you don't have to set the appearance of all of the 16 guys. "Random" and "Random all" functions are the major time savers! The first feature will help you with a single character, and the second one - with all the unfinished inmates.
What about new prisoners? Don't worry. You don't have to create them. The game will do that for you. :)
Then the "gang creator" comes. You can assign your convicts to the specific gangs. Also, you will be able to choose the gangs' names and symbols which will represent them. Gangs will influence the course of the gameplay.