NCJ Number
214099
Date Published
December 2005
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This paper presents an overview of the Probation Service and all its elements and offender treatment programs in Singapore.
Abstract
In an attempt to achieve a more restorative and humane treatment of offenders, Singapore continues to strive for improvement and to bring about necessary changes within its Probation Service. Overall, probation is a community-based rehabilitation program for offenders, offering the courts an alternative sentencing option for offenders. In Singapore, the mission is to effectively rehabilitate offenders on community-based orders with maximum participation of their families and the community. The end-goal is to reintegrate offenders into mainstream society as socially responsible and law-abiding individuals. This paper presents an overall picture of Singapore’s Probation Service, including its legal framework, philosophy and principles, community-based rehabilitation framework, performance measures, national standards, international certification, structure and organization, pre-sentence reports, probation enhancements (i.e., community service orders, weekend detention order, school-probation-court link, post-probation care), integrated case management system, electron tagging, physical curfew compliance checks, and volunteer probation officers.