Singapore legislation

Section 68

of Prisons Act 1933

Section 68

Separation of prisoners

(1)

Persons confined under civil process, and persons on remand charged with crimes or offences, or committed to take their trial, or confined for want of sureties, must not —

(a)

ordinarily be associated with convicted prisoners; or

(b)

be required to labour beyond the labour that is reasonably proper for keeping their persons and dress in a proper state, and keeping the places in which they are confined clean.

(2)

All juveniles must, so far as local conditions permit, be kept apart from adults under detention.