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The measures are among the initiatives of the National Committee on Preventing Offending and Re-offending (NCPR), an inter-agency platform co-led by MSF and the Ministry of Home Affairs that brings together government agencies and community partners to address the needs of at-risk individuals, offenders and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n “Our youths are the future of our nation and we must do our best to help them realise their full potential as well as stay crime-free,” Mr Tong said.<\/p>\n “The recent uptick in youth offending underscores the need for sustained and dedicated attention,” he added.<\/p>\n Mr Tong also highlighted the wider impact of offending and incarceration on families and society, as well as the risk of offending across generations.<\/span><\/p>\n A study by MSF and the National Council of Social Service found that children whose parents were incarcerated were 3.9 times as likely to offend, compared with children who had non-offending parents.<\/span><\/p>\n A separate study conducted by the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) found that one in five children of drug abusers went on to commit offences.<\/span><\/p>\n “So the link is quite clear, and we need to do what we can to break that link, that <\/span>intergenerational link<\/span><\/a>,” Mr Tong said.<\/span><\/p>\n To provide greater support for families, SPS and MSF will strengthen inter-agency case coordination to ensure that timely, holistic assistance is given when an offender is incarcerated.<\/span><\/p>\n “The earlier we do this, the more upstream we go, the more likely it is that we will have success,” Mr Tong said.<\/span><\/p>\n SPS will also work closely with government and community agencies to provide comprehensive, family-focused support, helping offenders strengthen family ties and reintegrate with their families upon release.<\/span><\/p>\n “Through these NCPR initiatives, we hope to walk alongside individuals and families at every stage of life, creating a strong ripple effect that extends far beyond any single programme or any single recommendation,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The measures are among the initiatives of the National Committee on Preventing Offending and Re-offending (NCPR), an inter-agency platform co-led by MSF and the Ministry…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}INTERGENERATIONAL OFFENDING<\/span><\/h2>\n
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