Papers Please Wiki
Cells in an ending cutscene.

Cells in an ending cutscene.

A prison, jail, or a forced labor camp is an area the inspector is sent to upon the breach of certain laws. These can scale from high treason to being in debt. Endings 1, 5-12, 14, and 17 end with the inspector being executed or sentenced to forced labor. The inspector is arrested in endings 3, 4, and 13. Regardless of the situation, installations and inspector's cell number (918533-6124) are always the same in the cutscenes.

Crimes[]

The following crimes are mentioned in the game:

  • Delinquency (being in debt) – Punishment: Under arrest until debts are paid.[1]
  • Increase in Wealth (accepting a large gift from EZIC and not letting Stepheni Graire in) - Punishment: Under arrest pending audit.
  • Associating with suspicious groups (giving M. Vonel the EZIC documents) - Punishment: Under arrest pending audit.
  • Treason (associating with EZIC) – Punishment: Execution.[2]
  • Murder of an innocent (shooting a civilian or the man in red with the sniper rifle) – Punishment: Death with family being questioned.[3]
  • Attacking an innocent (shooting a civilian or the man in red with the tranquilizer gun) – Punishment: Forced Labor with family being questioned.[4]
  • Murder of an Arstotzkan Official (shooting a guard with the sniper rifle) – Punishment: Death with family being questioned.[5]
  • Attacking an Arstotzkan Official (shooting a guard with the tranquilizer gun) – Punishment: Death with family being questioned.[6]
  • Violating orders (aggravating Dimitri with wall hangings) – Punishment: Forced Labor.[7]
  • Theft of Arstotzkan property (detaining Dimitri's friend) – Punishment: Forced Labor.[8]
  • Failure to defend the checkpoint (not completing all EZIC tasks and failing to prevent the wall from being blown up) - Punishment: Unknown.

Trivia[]

  • EZIC has at least one agent inside a prison and labor camp because they are able to send a message to the inspector in his cell.[9]
  • Dimitri can send the inspector to forced labor under the guise of stealing Arstotzkan property when the inspector detains Dimitri's friend through even though she did not have the right paperwork. It is recommended to just deny her entry to avoid this.

References[]