Jamie Fellner

Jamie Fellner is senior counsel for the United States Program of Human Rights Watch. The U.S. Program focuses on human rights violations within the United States. From 2004-09, she also served on the U.S. National Prison Rape Elimination Commission.

Education Jamie Fellner obtained a bachelor's degree from Smith College and went on to obtain her Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall at the University of California-Berkeley. Fellner also completed doctoral work at Stanford University in Latin American history.

Media appearances Fellner's work has been widely reported on by the mass media and she has been a guest on numerous television programs. Pain and Punishment for Persons with Mental Disabilities Behind Bars in the USA Power Failure: NYC Judges Penalize The Poor "US Right to Curb Harsh Drug Sentences", Human Rights Watch "A Drug Abuse Policy That Fails Everyone", The Huffington Post US: A Nation Behind Bars, Human Rights Watch, 2014 Decent Decision, Huffington Post. About mentally ill prisoners. December 2015. About mistreatment of inmates, US civil Liberties after September 11.