The story of
The Treason Trial in South Africa, 1956–1961
In June 1955, a multi-racial group came together to write the Freedom Charter, demanding racial equality and democracy in South Africa. They were put on trial.
Series
Probation Inspectorate (PI Series)
Catalogue reference: HO 560
What's it about?
HO 560
This series contains records relate to probation committees, ethnic monitoring owithin the probation service. High level submissions involving ministers and Secretary of State on secure bail hostels
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 560
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Title (The name of the record)
- Probation Inspectorate (PI Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1985-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relate to probation committees, ethnic monitoring owithin the probation service. High level submissions involving ministers and Secretary of State on secure bail hostels
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are arranged via date order (oldest first) and are also arranged by original prefix/file number order (lowest first)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PI prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Home Office, 1782-1782
- Home Office, Probation and After-Care Department, 1964-1982
- National Probation Service, 1907-1907
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2020 Ministry of Justice
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Race relations
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were created in the Home Office and then ownership transferred to the Ministry of Justice in 2007
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- The series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Probation Service within the Home Office
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17059791/
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