A Singapore Government Agency Website

How to identify

Official website links end with .gov.sg

Government agencies communicate via .gov.sg websites (e.g. go.gov.sg/open). Trusted websites

Secure websites use HTTPS

Look for a lock () or https:// as an added precaution. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Scam alert

Government officers will never ask you to send money or share your details over the phone. When unsure, hang up and call Scamshield at 1799.

Collection: Convicted Penal Release

Dataset: Convicted Penal Releases by Gender

Social

Convicted Penal Releases by Gender

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Convicted penal inmates released in each year breakdown by gender.

Data from 2007 to 2025

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

Convicted Penal Releases by Gender

Data explorer

ConvictedPenalReleasesbyGender.csv (38 rows, 691 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Releases By Gender Text	Number Of Releases Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Male50.0% Female50.0%	(Null)0.0%
2007	Male	14869
2007	Female	5241
2008	Male	14302
2008	Female	3200
2009	Male	13272
2009	Female	3329
2010	Male	12828
2010	Female	3039
2011	Male	11295
2011	Female	2431

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Releases By Gender	releases_by_gender	Text	-	-
Number Of Releases	number_of_releases	Numeric	Number of Inmates	-

Analyse this dataset with Colab Notebook

1. Copy this dataset ID: d_1ccc58aff24ba10155c18594187d0072
2. Click on the button below

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

Adding an API key gives you higher rate limits and priority support. Log in to create your API key.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1ccc58aff24ba10155c18594187d0072"
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. (2018). Convicted Penal Releases by Gender (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1ccc58aff24ba10155c18594187d0072/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

17 Jul 2018

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)