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VICTORIAN PRISON OFFICERS’ JOURNAL

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This internal publication was produced by and for Victorian prison officers to share departmental news, professional updates, and social events within the prison service.


Edited by Senior Prison Officer J.E. Davies from H.M. Pentridge, it includes contributions from across the state’s correctional institutions.


Articles in this issue include:

  • New Year Messages from senior officials

  • Japanese Prisons by D. Hundley

  • Pentridge Toymakers’ Group – an insight into prisoner craft and rehabilitation programs

  • Meritorious Service and Promotions among staff

  • Visit by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr. Knox

  • Winston Churchill Memorial Trust updates


Date of creation: 1968, 36 pages.


Held in private collection.


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