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Collection: Vocational Programmes

Dataset: Inmates under Work Programmes

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Inmates under Work Programmes

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2021

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:39 SGT

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.

Inmates under Work Programmes

Data explorer

InmatesunderWorkProgrammes.csv (16 rows, 214 B)

Year
Year (YYYY)
Average No. Of Inmates Engaged In Work Programmes
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
20065710
20075196
20084704
20094199
20104371
20114273
20124183
20134200
20144245
20154065

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearYear (YYYY)--
Average No. Of Inmates Engaged In Work Programmesaverage_no_of_inmates_engaged_in_work_programmesNumericAverage Number of Inmates-
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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.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_606eb23fb872a2363e01d86a978f687e"
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 Work Programmes (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_606eb23fb872a2363e01d86a978f687e/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

30 Mar 2016

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)