The overall recividism rate for the 2016 release cohort was 23.7 per cent, just 0.1 percentage point higher than the 23.6 per cent in 2010, ...
Share via E-Mail Bookmark SINGAPORE: For Matt , who had served a prison sentence for offences including cheating and forgery in 2018, being placed in the Mandatory Aftercare Scheme was a lifeline he happily grasped with both hands. The eldest son of his family shared during a media session on Monday how he had found it hard to adapt to his parents’ demands of him, and would always search out ways to “excel in the shortest time possible - whether good or bad”.
Doing the right thing has never been easy for me’: A serial convict’s journey The MAS programme helped him reconcile with his parents following his time in prison. It taught him how to put across his challenges and why he fell into a life of crime to his parents in a way that they understood, he shared. “Now, instead of demanding, have become supportive,” he said. Advertisement Advertisement File photo of Singapore Prison Service's HQ.
Programmes such as the MAS have helped kept Singapore’s overall recividism rate low and stable over the past three years, according to SPS. In fact, the rate for the 2016 release cohort was 23.7 per cent - just 0.1 percentage point higher than the low mark of 23.6 per cent for 2010. Recividism rate is defined as the percentage of local inmates detained, convicted and imprisoned again for a new offence within two years of their release.
More inmates expected at drug rehab centre; more manpower needed for programmes Offenders sentenced to DRO will undergo risk assessment and individualised case management plans that meet their rehabilitation needs, with each DRO typically ranging from three to 12 months. There were 26 offenders meted this sentence last year, and a 100 per cent completion rate was achieved, SPS said.
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