Editorial

• Published date: 01 April 1972
• DOI: 10.1177/003288557205200101
• Date: 01 April 1972
• Subject Matter: Articles

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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 -

&dquo;The

Indeterminate

Sentence&dquo;-

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.