Memorandum on:

Nine Point Programme of Prison Reform.

The Work Colonies Bill.

The Social Problem of Crime, Its Causes, Prevention and Punishment by Hon F E T Krause.

The formation of branches of the Penal Reform League of SA.

Suggestions for the after-care of discharged native prisoners and generally for the reduction of the criminal offences of natives.

The Need for Penal Reform in Sa by Mrs V M L Ballinger and Dr H O Simons.

The Draft Bill to Consolidate and Amend the Laws for the Control of the Supply of Intoxicating Liquor.

Includes script on the history of the penal Reform Committee the forerunner of the penal Reform League draft constitution and constitution of Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth Branches.

Penal Reform Newsletters Nos 1-60 (incomplete).

Penal Reform Pamphlets Nos 1-6.

Programme of Action adopted by Penal Reform Committee and the SAIRR.

International Society of Criminology.

Britain Applies New Treatment in Criminal Justice by John Kidman.

The Union of SA Government Gazette volume CLXIII.

Register of Insurance 26th Annual Report.

National Council Annual Report (1947-1948; 1952).

Christian Council Study Series No. 8.

Hoernle Memorial Lecture (1948).

Prison Reform Series No. 1.

The Ethics of Punishment.

Punishment and Correction.

Penal Institutions.

British Policy.

Classification of Offenders and Institutions.

Address by Dr A W Hoernle Some Aspects of Penal Reform.

Means to Prevent Increase of Prison Population.

Findings of the First International Congress for Social Defence, San Remo Italy 1947.

Findings of a Conference of Interested Bodies in Penal Reform.

Penal Reform Disabilities of Convicted Persons.

Work Colonies in the Union of South Africa.

Synopsis on the implementation of the recommendations of the Penal and Prison Reform Commission.

Analysis of Relations between the Police and Africans in the Pretoria Urban Area.

Compensation for Injuries Sustained by Prisoners Serving Sentence.

Minutes of Conference re Improving Relations between Africans and the Police June 1943 Johannesburg.

This collection is far from complete. It contains correspondence, minutes, reports, evidence and manuscripts covering a period roughly between 1936-1955. Material includes items from the Penal Reform Committee which operated under the SAIRR and worked in close conjunction with the Legal Aid Bureau, this Committee later became an independent body known as The Penal Reform League; other items include evidence submitted to the Penal Reform Commission.

Includes memos, correspondence, notes and appendices from a variety of individuals and institutions which include:

Material in this box was added to the collection after the bulk had already been sorted. Material includes: