Inmates can spend up to 22 hours a day in their cells wearing leg shackles and with very poor diet and medical attention.

INSTITUTION	ADDRESS	CONTACT NUMBERS
		Visit Office's Tel No.	Records & Reception (R&R) Office's Tel No.
Queenstown Remand Prison	50 Jalan Penjara S(149373)	64718-709 1800-4718708 (General Enquiries)	64718-715 / 64718-704
Tanah Merah Prison	10 Tanah Merah Besar Road S(498834)	65469-433 1800-5469416 (General Enquiries)	65469-404 / 65469-415
Changi Women's Prison & DRC	10 Tanah Merah Besar Road S(498834)	65469-895 / 65469-433	65469-427
Cluster A ( A1 - A5)	990 Upper Changi Road North	65467-170/ 65467-171/ 65467-172	65467-140/ 65467-141/ 65467-142
Portsdown Prison	21 Portsdown Road S(139310)	68740-559	68740-553
Tampines Prison	61 Lorong Halus S(536583)	64880-129	64880-123
Admiralty West Prison	21 Admiralty Road West S(757698)	68841-866 / 68841-861 (General Enquiries)	68841-860
Kaki Bukit Centre	10 Kaki Bukit Avenue 5 S(417902)	68462-730	68428-192
Selarang Park DRC	1 Selarang Park Road S(508167)	65469-264	65469-345
Khalsa Crescent DRC	1 Khalsa Crescent S(758843)	63629-646 1800-3689412 (General Enquiries)	63629-645
Sembawang DRC	90 Admiralty Road West S(759957)	67569-609 1800-7586666 (General Enquiries)	67569-606
Lloyd Leas Work Release Camp	1 Cosford Road S(499547)		1800-5431842 (Records & Reception Enquiries)

CHANGI PRISON
	Changi Prison was built in 1936. Between 1942 and 1945, the Japanese interned about 76,000 prisoners of war at the jail and surrounding areas. A new Changi Prison Complex will soon be built on the same site. Prison Info

Singapore's penal institutions are classified into maximum, medium and minimum security prisons depending on the physical structure of the institutions and the categories of prisoners accommodated within.
	Maximum Security Prisons Queenstown Remand Prison is a remand, reception and allocation centre for adult male offenders. It also houses short-term prisoners. Changi Prison houses long-term prisoners including condemned prisoners, preventive trainees and adult male offenders sentenced to more than five years' imprisonment. This newly built prison, Tanah Merah Prison is equipped with advanced security features and communications equipment. Inaugurated in late 1993, it houses Criminal Law detainees (CLDs), corrective trainees, and drug traffickers sentenced to more than five years' imprisonment. Another new facility, Changi Women's Prison commenced operations in early 1994. It houses all categories of female adult penal offenders.
Medium Security Institutions Moon Crescent Prison houses short-term and some long-term prisoners. The long-term prisoners are those who have been transferred from the maximum security prisons to serve the tail-end of their sentences as a way of preparing them for their imminent return to society. Tampines Prison houses short-term and long-term prisoners of medium security rating. Abingdon Prison houses illegal immigrants and short-term prisoners. Bedok Reformative Training Centre houses young offenders between the ages of 16 and 21 years who have been sentenced to reformative training.
Minimum Security Institutions Abingdon Work Release Camp houses prisoners on the Work Release Scheme. This scheme allows prisoners to leave the camp for work during the day and return to camp in the evening after work, enabling them to reintegrate gradually into society. Seletar Work Release Camp houses Criminal Law detainees selected to undergo the 1-year Work Release Scheme.
Mission and Operation Philosophy The Prisons Service is guided by its mission and by the four limbs of its Operation Philosophy: To protect society by ensuring the secure custody of offenders in a humane environment, and to facilitate their return to society as law-abiding citizens by providing rehabilitative opportunities. Prisons and Drug Rehabilitation Centres are not holiday resorts ... conditions shall be spartan but not an affront to human dignity. Prisoners are here with us as punishment but not for punishment. Drug inmates are here with us, not as punishment but for treatment and rehabilitation. Every inmate will be given opportunities to change, but more effort will be accorded to thosegenuinely desirous of changing.