website death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date spouse known_for article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
'' institutions/etc '' woodstock , virginia 7 august 2015 wahpeton , north dakota american 8 december 1931 charlene coleman miller reform for alternatives to incarceration and institutionalization of juvenile and adult corrections systems and advocacy jerome g. miller
 jerome gilbert miller social , author service administrator & reformer , clinical social worker maryknoll university of america seminary , loyola university chicago , the catholic
jerome g. miller

jerome gilbert miller -lrb- december 8 , 1931 -- august 7 , 2015 -rrb- was an american social worker who was an authority on the reform of juvenile and adult corrections systems .
he was a prominent advocate for alternatives to incarceration for offenders as well as for the de-institutionalization of individuals with developmental disabilities .
his career involved university teaching , administration of juvenile justice services for three states , clinical work with offenders and advocacy for systemic change in public sector correctional services .
miller 's work first drew national attention for his leadership in closing several juvenile reformatories in massachusetts in the early 1970s .
miller went on to emerge as a prominent national advocate , administrator and educator working for systemic change in public sector corrections and disability service delivery systems .
he was the co-founder of the national center on institutions and alternatives .
