[ “Going “hand-to-hand” against these prison zombies sounds like a really bad idea.”
They’re trying to save on ammo, but if they get a scratch from a zombie, they’re done. Too big a risk. ]
I was screaming at the TV last night they should have kept slowly luring the zombied to the chain link fence where they could use the sharp pipes to “core the zombie brains”, and even if it took them a few days to clear the prison yard, they could have done so a LOT more safely, as for clearing buildings, open the doors, into a secured chain linked in area and let it set for a day or so for the zombies to come out...
They needed to be more methodical... and less impulsive...
They need to find that huge herd and then do some kind of a Buffalo Jump with it just like the Native's used to do in North America to the herds of Buffalo.
I would have stayed behind the fence and hit them from there as you suggest. They showed that method but didn't stick with it. If they had continued with that, you would have gotten so bored, you would have gone to the kitchen to get food to wait until something exciting happened.
They have to have continual weird happenings to keep us on edge. So, you are right, but they can't do it.