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52 Prison J. 2 (1972)

handle is hein.journals/prsjrnl52 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITORIAL The Prison Journal is behind schedule in that this issue is dated Spring-Summer, 1972, and the year end has just slipped by as we send manuscripts off to the printer. We promise to catch up, so that our readers may expect to receive three more issues in the calendar year 1973. We regret that we must bring you the news of two losses to the Pennsylvania Prison Society. The first was the death, on October 15, 1972, of our old friend, Herman I. Pollock, to whom we dedicate this issue. The remarks of Robert M. Landis, former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association (given at the memorial services, and printed herein), are fine testimony to Herman's broad career, achievements, and honors. His wife, Jeanne, continues to be an active leader on the Society's Board of Directors. The second loss was the retirement, on June 15, 1972, of the Society's Executive Director and Editor of The Journal, G. Richard Bacon. Over sixteen years in this position, his leader- ship and many accomplishments are too varied to list here. A majority of our readers have probably known Dick personally, and join with us in wishing him well in his continuing efforts towards correctional reform as a prisoner advocate. Among other activities in a busy retirement, he will continue to take leadership in the International Prisoners Aid Association, par- ticularly in its relationship to the United Nations. About This Issue - The Indeterminate Sentence- Only a few years ago, most correctional administrators and prison reformers were united in support of the indeterminate sentence. State legislatures were presented at every session with an appeal for more flexibility in prescribed sentencing proced- ures, for the abolishment of minimum or maximum sentences, or both. The Model Sentencing Act (1963) of the Advisory Council of Judges of the National Council on Crime and De- linquency, was most often the take-off point for such efforts, along with the California Act. -2-

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