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'We played football with inmates': Former prison officer, as Singapore Prison Service marks 75 years
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Outram Prison back in 1963 (left) and Changi Prison Complex.
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SINGAPORE - When Mr A. Muthucumarasamy was a prison officer in the 1970s, he played football with inmates and even started music bands for them.
Those activities fostered bonds between inmates and distracted them from their gang affiliations, he said.
