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Number of National and Foreign Citizens Held

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Number of Local and Foreign held in prisons, penal institutions or correctional institutions

Data from 2006 to 2025

Last updated 3 months ago (25 May 2026)

Number of National and Foreign Citizens Held

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NumberofNationalandForeignCitizensHeld.csv (40 rows, 976 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Type Of Citizens
Text
Number Of Citizens Held
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Foreign50.0%
National(Local)50.0%
(Null)0.0%
2006National(Local)9486
2006Foreign3275
2007National(Local)9830
2007Foreign2310
2008National(Local)10320
2008Foreign2180
2009National(Local)11472
2009Foreign1956
2010National(Local)11647
2010Foreign1957
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_32e3f5d1425b41da395759c6dc1928df"
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). Number of National and Foreign Citizens Held (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_32e3f5d1425b41da395759c6dc1928df/view

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Created on

29 Mar 2016

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)