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Inmates Engaged in Work Programmes

YRSG (Yellow Ribbon Singapore)

Data from 2013 to 2024

Last updated 3 months ago (8 Jun 2026)

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InmatesEngagedinWorkProgrammes.csv (12 rows, 295 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Average Number of Inmates Engaged in Work Programmes in YRSG and YRI Workshops Numeric	Percentage of Eligible Inmates Engaged in Work Programme Numeric (Percentage)
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2013	3109	77
2014	3247	81
2015	3151	85
2016	2932	79
2017	2516	75
2018	2476	78
2019	2157	87
2020	1849	88
2021	1660	88
2022	1464	88

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	Year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Average Number of Inmates Engaged in Work Programmes in YRSG and YRI Workshops	Avg_No_Inmates_Engaged_in_Work_Programmes_in_YRSG_and_YRI_Works	Numeric	-	-
Percentage of Eligible Inmates Engaged in Work Programme	Percentage_of_Eligible_Inmates_Engaged_in_Work_Programme	Numeric (Percentage)	-	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_70c5f3868c1c2073461948dbfec4d0e8"
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.

Yellow Ribbon Singapore. (2025). Inmates Engaged in Work Programmes (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_70c5f3868c1c2073461948dbfec4d0e8/view

About this dataset

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Created on

19 Mar 2025

Licence

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

Agency

YRSG (Yellow Ribbon Singapore)