Reading Materials

Reading materials published in Singapore’s four official languages, namely, English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil are accepted while reading materials in any other languages are subject to approval. All reading materials are screened before being issued to the inmates. If a reading material is rejected during the screening process, the visitor will be notified via SMS to collect the rejected reading material from Prison Link Centre (Changi). Rejected items must be collected within six months from time of initial SMS notification otherwise they will be discarded.

Visitors may drop off the reading materials at the following visit centres:

All Prison Link Centres
Lakeside Family Centre

	Guidelines on reading materials brought through visit
	Number of readings materials permitted	Specifications of reading materials
All categories (except remanded inmates)	Up to three items per visit	Not more than 36cm x 28 cm per item. Not more than 8cm in thickness per item. Not more than 1.5kg per item. Not more than 2kg per religious book.
Remanded inmates	Up to three items per week
Smuggling contrabands into prison is an offence punishable under Section 66 of the Prison Act (Chapter 247)

Food Items

Pre-approved snack packs can be purchased at any of the five Prison Link Centres via NETS Payment. Visitors are allowed to purchase these snack packs for the following categories of inmates during each visit:

Remand inmates (allowed to receive one snack pack through visits weekly)
Inmates undergoing the Drug Rehabilitation Regime
Inmates undergoing the Inhalant Abuse Regime

Handover Pre-Release Clothing

Visitors can handover a set of clothing including footwear for the inmates at specified visit registration counter during their scheduled visit between two weeks and two months before the release date, for inmates to wear on the day of release from prison.

Inmate Location	Location to drop off
Cluster A & B	Prison Link Centre Changi
Tanah Merah	Prison Link Centre Tanah Merah
Selarang	Prison Link Centre Selarang Park

Other Items

For other items, such as spectacles, dentures, photographs and medications, inmates have to submit their requests through the institutions. These requests are subject to approval before visitors are allowed to hand over the items during the visit sessions. Unapproved items will not be accepted.

For spectacles, only plastic lenses with plain, black, plastic, opaque frames are allowed.

For photographs, only 4R size is allowed. All photographs sent via mail will be discarded to minimise wastage of resources required to process and manage the inventory of unauthorised photographs. To prevent disappointment arising from photographs being discarded, it is important for approved visitors to follow the correct procedure to submit the photographs.

Payment of Items Required by Inmates
For items that inmates are required to make payments, such as spectacles and dentures, they must submit a request first through the institutions.

The requests are subject to approval before the visitors are allowed to make payment via NETS or PayNow at any of the five Prison Link Centres.

Are reading materials in other languages other than English allowed for inmates?

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