Outram Road Prison
Historic site
About
Outram Road Prison was the main jail in Singapore until Changi Prison opened in 1937. Thereafter, it became a remand prison, housing opium addicts, juvenile delinquents, and political detainees.
National Heritage Board, Historic Sites (open data, Singapore Open Data Licence).
Facts and sources
- Names
- EN Outram Road Prison한국어 아우트램 로드 교도소 English: National Heritage Board; Korean by DealSingapore (NIKL loanword rules)
- Heritage
- Historic Site (marked by NHB) National Heritage Board, record updated 2021-03-05
- Planning area
- Outram URA Master Plan 2025
- Opening hours
- Not in our sources NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01
- Data
- /api/sight/outram-road-prison.json The same facts as JSON, for apps and AI agents
Getting there
Area
Lower Barracks Historic site · 255 m away The First Public Dental School and Public Clinic Historic site · 264 m away Ee Hoe Hean Club Architecture · 280 m away 
Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple Temple · 305 m away Bowyer Block Architecture · 311 m away Singapore Chin Kang Huay Kuan Historic site · 321 m away
Sri Layan Sithi Vinayagar Temple Temple · 305 m away Bowyer Block Architecture · 311 m away Singapore Chin Kang Huay Kuan Historic site · 321 m away Sources and photo credits are on the terms page.
