Prison Regulations Preventing Violence against Women

Brief Description

The Singapore Prison Service has put in place measures to prevent violence against women within its penal facilities. Prison Regulations require the strict separation of female inmates from male inmates, and all female prisoners are housed in a separate penal facility from male prisoners. All correctional facilities for women inmates are run by female Prison officers only and no male officers are deployed in these facilities. Physical abuse of inmates in any form is not tolerated and is liable for disciplinary action after due inquiry by the Superintendent of an institution. Necessary measures are also taken to prevent inmate-on-inmate violence, such as through proper classification and segregation of violence-prone inmates.