Prison

Serve your prison sentence, pay bail or attempt to escape. The higher your Wanted Level the longer and more expensive your sentence.

How it works

After arrest a timer starts based on Wanted Level. Wanted Level 1 = short sentence (minutes), Wanted Level 5+ = hours in prison.
Bail scales with your remaining sentence and never drops below Wanted Level × €1,000. Longer sentences therefore cost more to buy out immediately.
Escape: you can attempt a prison break but success chance is low. Failure extends your sentence by a fixed amount.
In the Prison list and jail overlay you can always pay your own bail and also attempt your own escape while still jailed.
Crew members can visit you and provide small benefits (stats, morale) while you are locked up.
On arrest your friends and crew members now receive a push notification that you were caught and are waiting for help.
Weapons and armor are confiscated on arrest if you have no legal cover for them.
Court option: go to court for a sentence reduction via a lawyer (see Court).
While locked up production timers (drugs, ammo factory) keep running. Your empire works without you.
You cannot visit the hospital while locked up. HP recovery waits until you are free.

Check bail immediately after arrest: the button should remain visible as long as you are still jailed, even if your Wanted Level has already dropped.
Start production timers just before doing a high-risk crime run: if you get caught production keeps running anyway.