Changi Prison

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:address 982 Upper Changi Road North, Singapore 506968
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Art_Deco
gptkbp:capacity 2400
gptkbp:contains gptkb:chapel
gptkb:hospital
workshops
administrative offices
death row
execution chamber
remand centre
drug rehabilitation centre
inmate housing blocks
visitation centre
gptkbp:country gptkb:Singapore
gptkbp:currentUse maximum security prison
gptkbp:demolished 2000 (original building)
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:The_Narrow_Road_to_the_Deep_North_(novel)
gptkb:Changi_(TV_series)
gptkb:King_Rat_(novel)
gptkb:Tenko_(TV_series)
gptkb:King_Rat_(film)
gptkb:A_Town_Like_Alice_(novel)
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Changi_Chapel_and_Museum
gptkbp:heritageStatus gazetted as national monument (2016)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Changi Prison
gptkbp:knownFor World War II internment camp
gptkbp:location gptkb:Changi,_Singapore
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore
introduction of Yellow Ribbon Project
mass internment of POWs
post-war war crimes trials
prison reform initiatives
prisoner art and diaries
prisoner escapes (rare)
prisoner-built chapel
public executions (historical)
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Lim_Chin_Siong
gptkb:Yamashita_Tomoyuki
gptkb:Chia_Thye_Poh
gptkbp:opened 1936
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Singapore_Prison_Service
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Changi_Prison_Complex
gptkbp:restored 2004
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Japanese_forces_during_World_War_II
gptkbp:usedFor detention of Allied prisoners of war
detention of civilian internees
gptkbp:website https://www.sps.gov.sg/our-prisons/changi-prison-complex
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore
gptkb:Timothy_Ashmead_Vigors
gptkb:Changi
gptkb:Changi_Air_Base
gptkb:Japanese_POW_camps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6