COVID-19: Singapore to test 5,000 inmates at Changi Prison
The chef is a contract staff working in the prison kitchen located at Institution A5 in Cluster A of Changi Prison, said SPS.
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SINGAPORE: About 5,000 inmates, staff, and partners at Singapore s Changi Prison will be tested for COVID-19 over the next few days after a chef working there was confirmed to have the infection, according to a media report on Saturday.
All inmates face-to-face visits will be replaced by phone calls with effect from May 17 until further notice, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said.
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Selarang Park Complex taps tech to manage inmates
Minister for Law and Home Affairs K. Shanmugam (second from left) touring Selarang Park Complex during its official opening yesterday. PHOTO: SINGAPORE PRISON SERVICE
Inmates need only to scan wrist tags and faces to access areas, without being escorted by prison officers
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Unlike what is standard procedure for those imprisoned elsewhere in Singapore, inmates at the Selarang Park Complex do not have to be escorted by prison officers to access several areas there.
For example, they only have to scan their wrist tags and faces at turnstiles located between two of the complex s facilities before they are allowed through.