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SINGAPORE — Singapore has one of the lowest rates at which prisoners re-offend, which is largely attributable to the success of its Home Detention Scheme (HDS).
In a bid to re-integrate inmates into society, Singapore prisons introduced HDS in May 2000, allowing eligible prisoners to spend the tail-end of their sentences in their own homes with the provision of a monitoring system to track their movements.
The HDS is only considered for offenders of non-serious crimes and on one condition – the prisoner must either be working or studying while on the scheme. The system allows perpetrators of low security risk crimes the opportunity to rehabilitate and reintegrate into society, rather than spend time in prison with hardened, violent criminals.
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