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Jan 20, 2010
New cluster of prisons opens
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A second cluster of prisons officially opened at Changi Prison Complex, marking a decade of development that has centralised nearly all of Singapore's prisons within a single area. -- ST PHOTOS: KELVIN LIM
The Housing Unit 2 in accommodation block B4, at the new cluster of prison blocks. The cells are behind blue doors and no photography is allowed inside.
A SECOND cluster of prisons officially opened at Changi Prison Complex on Wednesday, marking a decade of development that has centralised nearly all of Singapore's prisons within a single area. Officiating at the launch of the five prisons that make up this new cluster, which can house 5,600 inmates, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the move helps cut costs through economies of scale and efficient use of common services. The first cluster of five prisons opened at the complex in 2004, which together with the new cluster, can house some 11,000 inmates. DPM Wong, who is also the Home Affairs Minister, made clear that as prisons modernised with high-tech systems to deter and secure, basic objectives in helping inmates reform must remain unchanged.
He assured that the prisons will continue to provide rehabilitation opportunities for offenders within the context of a spartan, disciplined and deterrent regime. But Mr Wong added that prisons are not always the most appropriate solution for all offenders. More will be done to allow first offenders convicted of non-serious crimes to serve community-based sanctions instead of going to jail. 'We recognise that even as imprisonment punishes the offender who has committed the crime, it often also brings about hardship to the families of the offenders, especially their children,' he said, pointing out that a slew of community-based treatment orders will come on-stream this year after changes to the Criminal Procedure Code are legislated.
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Jan 20, 2010
New cluster of prisons opens
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A second cluster of prisons officially opened at Changi Prison Complex, marking a decade of development that has centralised nearly all of Singapore's prisons within a single area. -- ST PHOTOS: KELVIN LIM
The Housing Unit 2 in accommodation block B4, at the new cluster of prison blocks. The cells are behind blue doors and no photography is allowed inside.
A SECOND cluster of prisons officially opened at Changi Prison Complex on Wednesday, marking a decade of development that has centralised nearly all of Singapore's prisons within a single area. Officiating at the launch of the five prisons that make up this new cluster, which can house 5,600 inmates, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the move helps cut costs through economies of scale and efficient use of common services. The first cluster of five prisons opened at the complex in 2004, which together with the new cluster, can house some 11,000 inmates. DPM Wong, who is also the Home Affairs Minister, made clear that as prisons modernised with high-tech systems to deter and secure, basic objectives in helping inmates reform must remain unchanged.
He assured that the prisons will continue to provide rehabilitation opportunities for offenders within the context of a spartan, disciplined and deterrent regime. But Mr Wong added that prisons are not always the most appropriate solution for all offenders. More will be done to allow first offenders convicted of non-serious crimes to serve community-based sanctions instead of going to jail. 'We recognise that even as imprisonment punishes the offender who has committed the crime, it often also brings about hardship to the families of the offenders, especially their children,' he said, pointing out that a slew of community-based treatment orders will come on-stream this year after changes to the Criminal Procedure Code are legislated.
