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Singapore Prison Service (SPS)

Gang Renunciation

Learn how Gang Renunciation and Tattoo Removal Programme in SPS help to support inmates' rehabilition and reintegration.

Last updated on 18 September 2026

Singapore Prison Service (SPS) adopts gang management strategies and rehabilitation programmes to support inmates with gang affiliations to desist from gang involvement and sever their gang ties.

These include the Gang Renunciation Programme and the Tattoo Removal Programme.

An inmate reading out his commitment on stage during a gang renunciation programme.

Under the Gang Renunciation Programme, inmates who make the resolve to sever ties with their gangs will be supported to embark on a gang renunciation journey.

This includes supporting them to make a public renunciation of their gang membership during a Gang Renunciation Ceremony that is attended by their family members.

Inmates are supported in strengthening family relationships and developing a pro-social lifestyle through relevant rehabilitation programmes during incarceration and after release.

Volunteer doctors provide tattoo removal services to inmates who have undergone the Gang Renunciation Programme.

Removing gang-related tattoos can help inmates distance themselves from visible markers of their former gang affiliations as they work towards reintegration.

For more information and resources on Gang Renunciation click here: Breaking Gang Affiliations Behind Bars (opens in new tab).