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February 3, 2025

Singapore: ‘daddy, come home with me today’. Non-profit helps parents in prison bond with their kids

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Asia Social ties Rehabilitation Singapore

Ten men sat in a circle inside a room in Changi Prison Complex. All of them were waiting for their children to pass through the many security gates of the prison, to finally walk through the doors of the room, in December 2024.

June 22, 2023

Singapore: prison inmates to receive training for food and beverage sector, and help with securing jobs

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Asia Activities Rehabilitation Work Singapore

A new initiative being rolled out for prison inmates will see them receiving training for roles in the food and beverage (F&B) sector, and help to secure jobs after their release. Yellow Ribbon Singapore, a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs, said on Thursday that it is aiming t…

September 5, 2022

Singapour : les condamnés à mort sont priés de sourire avant leur exécution

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Asia Justice Death penalty Singapore

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

January 26, 2022

Singapore: A second chance in Prison School helps inmate score 2A1s at O levels

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Asia Activities Singapore

Richard (not his real name) never thought he would get a second chance to retake the O-level examinations again.

December 15, 2021

Singapore: days ahead to die

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Asia Justice Drugs Death penalty Singapore

The city-state is a strong supporter of the death penalty. Death sentences are regularly handed down for drug-related offences, as witnessed in neighbouring countries. Is abolition on the horizon?

February 10, 2021

Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community

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Asia Activities Alternatives Rehabilitation Work Singapore

The recidivism rate in Singapore has dipped to an all-time low and more inmates are serving part of their jail term in the community, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Wednesday (Feb 3).

February 25, 2019

Singapore: how Changi Prison is taking to video analytics and facial recognition in a big way

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Asia Singapore

Prison surveillance is going high-tech with smart systems that could help officers be more aware of inmates’ behaviours as part of moves to transform operations.

July 14, 2017

Singapore: M'sian Prabagaran executed in Singapore by hanging

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Asia Death penalty Singapore

A 29-year old Malaysian convicted in 2014 of drug trafficking in Singapore was executed this morning.

April 13, 2017

Singapore to roll out 'prisons without guards' concept to beat manpower crunch

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Asia Singapore

Prisons service says it will use technology to free officers from guard duties.

March 13, 2017

Singapore: grab bars, handrails in some cells as number of elderly prisoners rises

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Asia Singapore

The number of elderly prisoners has almost doubled in the past five years, and the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) has retrofitted some prison cells with senior-friendly features like grab bars and handrails.

February 20, 2017

Singapore: families of death row inmates need longer notice of execution

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Asia Death penalty Singapore

Singapore has prided itself on its reputation for being tough on crime. Under our criminal justice system, the harshest and most final punishment meted out to an individual is the death penalty.

February 14, 2017

Singapore: number of repeat offenders remains low and stable

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Asia Singapore

The number of former prison inmates who break the law again within two years of their release has remained low and stable, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Tuesday (Feb 14).

August 16, 2016

Exclusive: Singapore wants a prison without guards

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Asia Singapore

“We envisage a future where we can run a prison without guards,” says Soh Wai Wah, Singapore’s Commissioner of Prisons. His vision is intentionally “provocative”, he tells GovInsider: he wants to show the potential of technology, but doesn’t plan to cut staffing. Instead, prison officers will chang…

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June 1, 2016

Apprentice : en prison, à l'école des bourreaux

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Culture Death penalty Singapore

Un jeune gardien de prison, Aiman, est amené, par les circonstances, à devenir l’assistant de celui qui s’occupe des exécutions capitales. A la fois hanté par son passé et fasciné par la nouvelle figure paternelle qu’incarne le bourreau, il va lui-même, petit à petit, être absorbé par une tâche, à…

May 16, 2016

Singapore: Boo Junfeng's Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions in Cannes

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Asia Violence Singapore

Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore’s retired hangmen.

March 18, 2016

Singapore: majority of S’poreans do not have an irrational fear of the ISA. Is that okay?

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Asia Singapore

The number of ISA arrests have decreased over the years, but we must regularly examine if it is still relevant.

November 4, 2015

On death row in Singapore

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Asia Singapore

Each week, Roads & Kingdoms and Slate publish a new dispatch from around the globe. For more foreign correspondence mixed with food, war, travel, and photography, visit their online magazine or follow @roadskingdoms on Twitter. Update, Nov. 5, 2015: Kho Jabing’s execution, scheduled for Friday,…

November 1, 2015

On death row in Singapore

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Asia Singapore

I was sitting in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur when I received the message on Monday afternoon. It was from Jumai, a short but heart-breaking note, sent over WhatsApp: “My brother this Friday die.”

December 10, 2014

Singapore: Changi Women's Prison: Not a place you want to return to

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Women Asia Singapore

Do not drop your pen cap. That was one of the first things I was told after entering Changi Women’s Prison (CWP).

August 22, 2012

A correspondence with the Singapore Prison Service

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Asia Singapore

Part of our work in the anti-death penalty campaign is to research and gather as much information as possible on the death penalty and its application in Singapore. Data is crucial in allowing us to understand how the death penalty is used in Singapore, and for us to identify issues and problems.