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Incarceration Rate

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2018Updated 4 months ago

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Incarceration Rate (per 100,000 population) calculated based on overall prison population as at 30 June of each year.

Incarceration Rate

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IncarcerationRate.csv (13 rows, 176 B)

Year
Datetime (Year) "YYYY"
Incarceration Rate Per 100000 Inmates
Numeric (General)
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
2006312.8
2007269.1
2008269.1
2009267.5
2010268.2
2011260.4
2012252.2
2013250.8
2014246
2015234

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearyearDatetime (Year) "YYYY"--
Incarceration Rate Per 100000 Inmatesincarceration_rate_per_100000_inmatesNumeric (General)Number of Inmates-

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
          
datasetId = "d_f6b3b3a04f28e518bc244682cfcace1a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + datasetId 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Created on

30 Mar 2016

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

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SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

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