A community volunteer recounts her encounter with a teenager incarcerated for drug-related offences, and shares her thoughts on how to better support youths through the rehabilitative process.
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“Happy Father’s Day”
Pannir Selvam, a death row inmate in Changi Prison, writes about his father on Father’s Day.
Aidan’s Story: “The privileged class is very blind to people who’ve been through the system”
Following his arrest for drug charges, Aidan spent 23 hours a day in a cell for a month. He tells us about a broken system, the effects of his own privilege, and the changes Singapore’s system needs.
Nothing Rehabilitative about Prison: Part 2
This is the second instalment in a series of two. Here, Mike shares why the prison denied him access to his family, and more instances in which his fellow inmates’ solidarity helped him resist the prison’s arbitrary cruelties.
Nothing Rehabilitative About Prison: Part 1
Mike shares his harrowing experiences at the Drug Rehabilitation Centre (DRC) in Changi Prison, reflecting on class differences and sexuality.
My brother, Syed.
Sharifah reflects on her childhood and her brother, Syed Suhail, who is currently on death row in Singapore.
“I won’t stop helping them, like how I was helped before.”
A former prison inmate talks about his experiences in Singapore’s Reformative Training Centre, detention barracks, and prison.
Understanding drug use, addiction, and drug policy in Singapore
Singapore has made no secret of its “zero tolerance” stance on drugs and drug use. But how much do we actually know about this issue? What drives drug use and addiction? What resources are available in Singapore to help people recover and heal from addiction?
A little girl’s letter to the President
A letter from a nine-year-old appealing for clemency for her father on death row.
Singapore escapes a wrongful execution
On 19 October 2020, Gobi Avedian’s death sentence was set aside by the Court of Appeal. Kirsten Han takes a look at the Court of Appeal’s grounds of decision.
