[Chester_MacArthur]

Now, I'm not speaking from any particular experience here...

Except that I've killed zombies, and I've spent some time in prison...

And I can tell you that when it comes to zombie defense and defense against zombies, nothing beats a prison cell.

If you've got food, that is. When the zombies surround you, you'd better have food, no matter where you are...

Prison. And Ramen. Because you can't eat zombie.

[zombiephile]

Yeah, Chester, you're right about prison - Max Brooks wrote a great big section about them in his The Zombie Survival Guide - there's tons of detailed information on preparing a prison complex for long term occupation during a widespread zombie outbreak.

Brooks' considers complexes like prisons to be "Zombie Fortresses," of a different class than your everyday home fortress. He believes that in the event of a long-term, widespread zombie outbreak (Brooks categorizes Zombie Outbreaks by "Classes") that you'd want to take refuge against potentially thousands of zombies (zombie swarms) - and the best zombie defense would, you're right, probably be an old prison.

New prisons aren't really any good against zombies - Brooks points that out too. You all should definitely read The Zombie Survival Guide when you get a chance - I keep a copy in the bathroom.