A report on Singapore’s prison system, based on analysis of existing laws and regulations, as well as interviews with people who have had first-hand experience of incarceration.
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Incarceration in Singapore
Prisoners describe conditions as “psychological torture” Many ex-prisoners describe their experience in prison as “dehumanising”. Cell conditions are cramped, and prisoners usually spend 23 hours a day locked up with almost nothing to do. They’re locked down for 48 hours over the weekends. Prisoners sleep on the hard floor and have no privacy, even whenContinue reading “Incarceration in Singapore”
A Letter from Syed Suhail, Death Row Prisoner
“The harshness and cruelty that some have claimed is just, is not. Two wrongs do not make a right. In the end, there is only a legacy of bloodshed that posterity may not even want on their hands anymore.”
A Letter from Rosman bin Abdullah, Death Row Prisoner
“Its really crazy to think that we earn a few hundreds as a drug worker or a runner and we get a death sentence, no second chance no life imprisonment.”
The AGC’s Appeal Proceedings against Datchinamurthy Kataiah’s Stay of Execution
“Here we have a real life person, and you cannot ignore that. It might be slightly different if the consequences were not so dire, but given that they are so dire, frankly I am surprised that the AG is pursuing this appeal.”
Does Enhanced Detention of Prisoners Really Protect the Public?
Our concerns with the recent proposal to detain prisoners beyond their jail terms for those who commit serious hurt and sexual offences
When will we stop killing “small people” who need care?
Imprisoned for the first time when he was a teenager, Abdul Kahar has been scheduled for execution at the age of 68. By this point, he has spent more of his life behind bars than as a free man.
Scheduled Hanging of Abdul Kahar bin Othman
Transformative Justice Collective is alarmed by the persistence of the Singapore Prison Service in scheduling so many executions in such a short period of time.
Why should we care about the rights of Prisoners?
The case for re-examining the role of Prisons
Explainer: The “Abnormality of Mind” Exemption
This “abnormality of mind” exception was introduced in 2012. Here, we explore this exception and its impact for people on death row with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities.
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