SINGAPORE, Oct. 9 -- A Singapore prison officer has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for helping an inmate smuggle prohibited items, including painkillers and lewd photographs, into Changi Prison Complex, The Straits Times reported.

The officer, 39-year-old Mohammad Asri Abd Rahim, was also ordered to pay a penalty of S$3,700 - the amount of bribes he received from the inmate, Mohamad Yusof Kasim, through the latter's friends and acquaintances.

Yusof, 50, who was serving time at Changi Prison, was also sentenced to 10 months' jail for his role in the scheme. Both men had pleaded guilty last month to multiple corruption-related charges committed between August 2021 and June 2022, according to the report.

One of Yusof's associates, 36...