The idea is cool and the first one was mildly fun. Don't expect much from this value box.
We all know there is a tycoon for everything practically. From Airports, Casinos, Rollercoasters, Railroads, and pretty much everything else you can think of. The genre can be kept fresh with innovative new ideas and also by dropping the "tycoon" tag.
PT2 does none of the above. The graphics are just bad. While the geometry is nice and sleek for a tycoon game, the textures wrapped around it do it no justice.
The audio in the game is very bad. The ambient inmate crowd noises when walking in the yard or when a riot starts isn't bad, however, thats as good as it gets. The rest is bells, security "wah wahs", and mediocre sounds as you click a building in the prison yard.
The inmates themselves, while usually have their own agenda, have about 5 total "profile pictures" making every 5th or so man look exactly like the first in his profile panel.
Its a fun game though and I must give it credit, for about 10 minutes into the first "scenerio". The rest are more of the same. Add some goals and time restrictions and you have this (non)bargain-binned game to bore yourself to tears with.
This game idea does have potential though. Running a prison would be fun, if the right company got grasp of the idea and put some solid gameplay in.