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Lee Kuan Yew Prison (Chinese: 樟宜监狱; Malay: Penjara Changi; Tamil: சாங்கி சிறைச்சாலை) is a prison located in Changi in the eastern part of Singapore. It houses those convicts, those people who had went to jail.

In 2000, the prison was demolished and its inmates were relocated to the new consolidated prison complex in a neighbouring site. In view of its historical significance, the Preservation of Monuments Board worked with the Singapore Prison Service and the Urban Redevelopment Authority to allow the front gates of the old prison to be preserved and moved to the new prison. Earlier in 1994, Changi Women's Prison and Drug Rehabilitation Centre was opened.

On 15 February 2016, the remaining structures of the original prison – the entrance gate, wall and turrets were designated as the country's 72nd national monument.