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Singapore Prison Service (SPS)

Community Partners

Learn how SPS works with community partners and volunteers to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, ex-offenders and their families.

Last updated on 5 October 2026

Strong community support, at each stage of the offender’s rehabilitation journey, has and will remain key in helping offenders live crime-free and productive lives, and help to build strong family units.

Singapore Prison Service (SPS) works with community partners and volunteers towards a society without re-offending. Together, they provide programmes, services and support for offenders, ex-offenders and their families throughout the rehabilitation and reintegration journey.

These partnerships bring together different segments of the community to strengthen support for rehabilitation and reintegration.

Case Management Partners

SPS works closely with Case Management Partners (CMPs) to provide case management services and support for inmates and their families. This includes identifying needs, developing individualised service plans and coordinating interventions and support to address identified needs.

By integrating a range of services in the community, CMPs provide support in areas, such as employment, accommodation, financial issues and coping skills.

Logos of case management partners: AMP Singapore, SANA, SACA, Fei Yue, ISCOS, YGOS, and REACH Community Services.

From left to right: Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) (opens in new tab), Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA) (opens in new tab), Singapore After-Care Association (SACA) (opens in new tab), Fei Yue Community Services (opens in new tab), Industrial & Services Co-operative Society (ISCOS), Youth Guidance Outreach Services (YGOS) (opens in new tab), REACH Community Services (opens in new tab)
 
In addition to case management, CMPs provide services that help with the inmates’ reintegration into society.

Longstanding community partners such as the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA) and Singapore After-Care Association (SACA), provide support through their respective programmes and services. Support may also be extended to inmates' families.

Halfway Houses

Logos of various organizations including Ashram, Breakthru, Green Haven, Jamiyah, Pertapis, and others.

Community partners such as the Halfway Houses continue to partner SPS under the Halfway House Service Model.

CARE Network

Our core members

Faith-based volunteers

Faith-based volunteers provide religious and emotional support to inmates who choose to participate in faith-based programmes. These programmes may also support personal development and help inmates prepare for their eventual release and reintegration into the community.
 
As part of the Throughcare Volunteer Framework, our religious volunteers also continue to provide pro-social support to offenders when they are released.

Yellow Ribbon Singapore

Yellow Ribbon logo with text "Yellow Ribbon sg Beyond Second Chances" and a yellow ribbon inside a black circle.

Yellow Ribbon Singapore or YRSG, is a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs. SPS partners closely with YRSG to provide skills training and employment assistance for offenders and ex-offenders, and to engage the community through the Yellow Ribbon Project.

Person wearing a gray shirt with a black lanyard and yellow ribbon, standing in front of teal wall with large light bulb illustration.

Career Coaches

Career Coaches support offenders in preparing for employment through assessments, job profiling and job matching. They also provide career coaching to help offenders understand their employment pathways and prepare for potential workplace challenges.

Suitable Community-Based Programme (CBP) supervisees may be assigned a Career Coach for support with their employment needs.

Secular Volunteers

To complement SPS’s efforts in rehabilitating inmates, we also partner with more than 1,300 volunteers from more than 40 organisations, to provide a range of rehabilitative programmes and activities for inmates.
 
These include:

  • befriending support

  • support groups

  • mentoring programmes

  • academic tutoring

  • interest-based activities

  • personal development programmes

These programmes provide opportunities for personal growth and development for inmates, and equip them with the right skills and knowledge, to aid them in their release.

Yellow Ribbon Community Project logo with butterflies, people interacting on left, and a group crafting at a table on the right.

Another important partnership to support children and families is the Yellow Ribbon Community Project, or YRCP. The YRCP is an upstream intervention programme initiated in 2010.

Through its network of grassroots volunteers, YRCP reaches out to families of inmates and connects those who require assistance with relevant community support in areas such as financial needs, education, housing and employment.

Children who require additional support may also be identified and connected with relevant services in the community.

There are more than 1,100 YRCP volunteers today, and more than 17,000 families have been reached out to since YRCP’s inception.

Other Community Partners

Other stakeholders who also play an important role to support community corrections include:

  • Government agencies such as Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)

  • Law enforcement agencies such as Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB)

  • Community Action for Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders (CARE) Network partners

  • Volunteers from various organisations such as Social Service Agencies (SSA)

  • Halfway Houses under Halfway Service Model (HSM)

  • To join as an SPS Volunteer, please click here for more information.