had to arrest downed colonist now she is a prisoner!

[aj1993]

I was raided and one of my characters was downed that was non violent so she couldn't attack i tried to rescue my colonists but it ended up only give me the option to arrest so i arrested her so now i have to recruit her again. not sure if there is a hidden mechanic to that or if the game confused her for a enemy downed.

[Cimanyd]

I think you need to have an undrafted colonist rescue, and while drafted the option wouldn't appear.

[Nattiejim]

Cimanyd was right, that's most likely why the option to rescue did not appear.

I believe that you can safely release the colonist from prison and have him/her still be in the colony without recruiting them again.

[Hilvon]

I was raided and one of my characters was downed that was non violent so she couldn't attack i tried to rescue my colonists but it ended up only give me the option to arrest so i arrested her so now i have to recruit her again. not sure if there is a hidden mechanic to that or if the game confused her for a enemy downed.

In the Prisoner options you have an option to "Release". If a prisoner was your colonist before capture he/she should return to normal duties after being released.

And your inability to rescue might have something to do with having or not having unoccupied beds to put rescued colonist.