Prison officer who molested male inmate over three-month period jailed for 27 months
Published Aug 12, 2016, 5:56 pm SGT
Amir Hussain
SINGAPORE - A sergeant with the Singapore Prison Service, who molested a male inmate in Admiralty West jail, grabbing his buttocks and even groping his private parts, was on Friday (Aug 12) put behind bars for more than two years.
In sentencing Mohamed Faris Osman to 27 months' jail, District Judge May Mesenas said the prison officer had failed to live up to his organisation's core values.
"Captains of Lives is the oft seen tagline which the Singapore Prisons Service prides itself on, for which prison officers aspire to make a difference in the lives of inmates and where they are fair yet firm in the treatment of inmates, and carry themselves as role models ..."
However, Faris, who had worked for the prison authorities for 27 years, abused his position to commit the crimes.
"On the contrary, his numerous acts of molest on an inmate, ironically and regrettably, destroyed the life of the very inmate he was meant to help rehabilitate."
The judge also said a stiff sentence is needed "to reflect the court's abhorrence for such acts of molest committed by (Faris) on a vulnerable class of persons like the victim".
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