Matthew is serving a 7-year prison sentence in Singapore's Changi Prison for trafficking meth.
Officials from the Singapore Prison Service say they encourage guards to think of themselves as “Captains of Life,” helping rehabilitate the prison population.
Officials did not allow CNN to visit Institution A1, where more than 40 death row inmates await the same fate.
Before each execution, authorities organize a professional photo shoot in which inmates trade their prison uniforms for civilian clothes.
Hong Kong’s population is around 25% larger than Singapore’s, and it does not impose the death penalty for drug offenses.
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