CARE Network Summit 2026: New Youth Gang Prevention Measures UnveiledAt the CARE Network Summit 2026, Law Minister Edwin Tong announced 13 key recommendations from the National Committee on Preventing Offending and Re-offending (NCPR) to enhance early youth intervention and disrupt cycles of crime. These initiatives include police-led training for educators to identify gang-affiliation signs, a new Gang Renunciation Programme, more support for elderly offenders and ex-offenders and strengthened inter-agency support for families to address the statistic that children of incarcerated parents are 3.90 times more likely to offend. Additionally, SPS Eric Chua highlighted family stability as a crucial social anchor during the panel discussion at the event. DAC Justin Paul Vikneswaran explained how the GROW Framework coordinates over 170 community partners to address Singapore's 39.3% five-year recidivism rate. Generated by AI