Operationalised in 2004, Institution A3 is a medium security prison and houses male penal inmates and has a capacity of 1104 inmates.

 

Institution A3 operates a Psychiatric Correctional Unit, which collaborates with Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health to manage inmates with mental health issues. The institution also runs various Psychology-Based Correctional Programmes to address inmates’ criminogenic needs. This includes the “Experiencing Change, Empowering Life” programme, which targets to reduce the risk of reoffending among sexual offenders. Institution A3 also runs ‘Project Rekindle’, which adopts a restorative approach to helping incarcerated persons mend and restore relationships with their family members.

 

There are three Food and Beverage workshops located in Institution A3, which equip inmates with employability skills and keep them meaningfully occupied while serving their sentence. About 90 inmates are deployed at the bakery producing bread for over 8,000 inmates, as well as for staff’s consumption and for supply to commercial entities. The other two workshops produce pastries and cakes which are sold in the community.