By K C Vijayan

A SECOND cluster of prisons officially opened at Changi Prison Complex on Wednesday, marking a decade of development that has centralised nearly all of Singapore's prisons within a single area.

Officiating at the launch of the five prisons that make up this new cluster, which can house 5,600 inmates, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said the move helps cut costs through economies of scale and efficient use of common services.

The first cluster of five prisons opened at the complex in 2004, which together with the new cluster, can house some 11,000 inmates.

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