Singapore

Capital city — Singapore

Country population
5,680,779
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
222
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2016
/ ICPR
Type of government
Unicameral parliamentary
Human Development Index
0.925
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
12,722
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2016
/ Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators
Prison density
79 %
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2013
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
13
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2012
An NPM has been established
No
Female prisoners
10.5 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Incarcerated minors
3.2 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
9.9 %
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2015
/ ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
No

Contributor(s)Think Centre / Prison Insider

British High Commission Singapore, “Information Pack for British Prisoners in Singapore”, October 2016.
Singapore Prison Service, Rehabilitation process, 09 November 2016.
Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Entreprises, “Annual Report 2015”, 2015.

United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, “The Singapore Correctional System”, 2011.
Mary Devereux, Anne Pierson-Smith, “Public Relations In Asia Pacific: Communicating Effectively Across Cultures, Singapore: Jonh Wiley & Sons, 2009.
Jonathan Woodier, “Securing Singapore/Managing Perceptions: From Shooting the Messenger to Dodging the Question”, The Conpenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2006.
Joyce P.S. Chan and Douglas P. Boer, “Managing offenders: establishing the impact of incarceration and what works in Singapore”, Safer Communities, Vol. 15 Issue: 1, 2002.