Parole Board, 1957-1969

Containers:

Box 33 (MS 2505)

Component identifier:

Series 18

Content Summary:

The Parole Board was set up in Victoria in July 1957 under the provisions of the Penal Reform Act (1956) with Barry as its Chairman. Official and semi-official correspondence with Sir Edmund Herring, Sir Arthur Rylah, A.R. Whatmore, Phyllis Frost and others concerned with the functioning of the Board, confidential reports of probation officers, notes and agenda for meetings, copies of legislation, and printed material of the Prison After-Care Council, are included. This series is restricted.

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