Prison

Will I Get Caned If…

Caning as a punishment in Singapore is very normalised within our society. We are exposed to it as children in school. We see adults suffer it as the State imposes it as a form of corporal punishment. We can forget how cruel and barbaric this form of punishment truly is. It is an extremely punitive…

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Getting Caned by the Singaporean State

Judicial caning is a form of torture, a violent action that leaves grown men unconscious at times. The punishment is doled out only to some – men between 18 and 50 – and in some cases, is a mandatory sentence. The aftermaths of caning is brutal, leaving people both physically and mentally scarred for life.…

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TJC Stands with Subhas

On 5 Sep 2023, Subhas Nair was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail for “attempting to promote ill will between different racial groups”. His sentencing not only has a profound impact on future conversations that Singaporeans will have around race and racism, it is also a solemn reminder of the state’s continued bullying of its…

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Samy’s Story

Samy tells us about his trauma and experiences: going from prison to court, living with no windows and in isolation, seeking urgent medical attention, and how psychiatry is dealt with in Singapore’s prison system. 

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Prison & Punishment in Singapore

The dominant narrative about incarceration is that everyone in prison is a criminal who doesn’t deserve our concern or sympathy; anything and everything that they experience within prison is what they deserve for breaking the law. But what do we actually want for society in the first place, and does incarceration help us achieve that?

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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 when…

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