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Collection: Vocational Programmes

Dataset: Inmates under Employability Skills Training Programmes

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Inmates under Employability Skills Training Programmes

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Number of inmates trained under employability skills training programmes and number of inmates engaged in work programmes. Inmates may attend more than one training course

Data from 2020 to 2025

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

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InmatesunderEmployabilitySkillsTrainingProgrammes.csv (6 rows, 170 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Average No Of Training Hours Per Inmate Trained Per Year
Text
No. Of Inmates Trained
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2020544717
2021604748
2022643740
2023804046
20241023973
2025924061
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_020be791f1cd0ca61e749c43e5dde1a2"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Prison Service. (2016). Inmates under Employability Skills Training Programmes (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_020be791f1cd0ca61e749c43e5dde1a2/view

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Created on

30 Mar 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)