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“You Don’t See The Sky”: Life Behind Bars in Singapore

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.

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”