About two in five former residents of youth homes re-offended within three years of their release, latest statistics show.
Data from the Ministry of Social and Family Development, which runs the Singapore Boys' Home and Singapore Girls' Home, showed a 42.4 per cent recidivism rate for their former residents released in 2014.
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