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Inmates under Work Programmes

Data from Jan 2006 to Dec 2021Updated 10 months ago

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.

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InmatesunderWorkProgrammes.csv (16 rows, 214 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Average No. Of Inmates Engaged In Work Programmes Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2006	5710
2007	5196
2008	4704
2009	4199
2010	4371
2011	4273
2012	4183
2013	4200
2014	4245
2015	4065

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Average No. Of Inmates Engaged In Work Programmes	average_no_of_inmates_engaged_in_work_programmes	Numeric	Average 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, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_606eb23fb872a2363e01d86a978f687e/view

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Created on

30 Mar 2016

Licence

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

Agency

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)