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The Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) is a statutory board set up under the Ministry of Home Affairs and is a member of the Home Team. As part of Singapore's correctional system, SCORE enhances the employability of offenders and prepare them for the eventual reintegration back to the workforce. SCORE also aims to create a seamless throughcare environment to facilitate their transition from incarceration to community.

Gainful employment contributes to the lowering of recidivism rate. With a set of marketable skills, ex-offenders will have the ability to earn a living and support their families. Holding down a job also occupies their time in a meaningful way.

Our Heritage
Work programme was introduced in Singapore prisons as early as 1945. But it was not until 1955 that a Prison Industries Division was formally set up to institute work as part of the prison regime. The purpose was to meaningfully occupy inmates, and at the same time, to impart them with trade skills.

In an effort to improve efficiency and flexibility in business operations, it was recommended that the Division be converted into a statutory board. This was also done to introduce market discipline so that the workshops can better prepare inmates for actual working conditions. The recommendation led to the introduction of the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises Act. and on 1 April 1976, SCORE officially took over the role and functions of Prisons Industries.



Our Logo
The logo consists of a graphic representation of four arms curved towards a clockwise direction: representing our assistance in helping ex-offenders return to society as responsible and contributing members.

The four arms represent the four important elements in our rehabilitation strategy: the inmates, the family, the authorities and the community.

The arms are linked, signifying the collective responsibilities of the four elements in the rehabilitation process.

The white circle in the centre represents SCORE's role in initiating, implementing and monitoring the rehabilitation programmes.

The green colour of the logo reflects a healthy and clean approach to a new life as being taken by inmates going through rehabilitation, and "turning over a new leaf".