Quota

Happening every three months, a Quota is where 1/3 of the prisoners in each block start feeling the first pangs of impending labor. The collars on their necks send out a signal to the sirens that they are about to give birth. With some careful planning, pack members are conditioned to the point that they all start feeling contractions within 4 hours of one another.

Before the babies come, a squad of Siren nurses weigh each prisoner on a scale. If they are in a pack, all of their weights are added together and compared to the credit count of everything they put up for the Sirens to sell along with the jobs they performed. Any products or tasks they did during punishment time is not counted. If the prisoners make more than they weigh, they get reimpregnanted and get to continue living in the Shacks. However if they fail, the entire pack is instantly sent off to The Hole.

Because of the stress and pain brought on by labor, each prisoner involved is given the next 2 days off to recover their strength.