Jamie Fellner Explained

Jamie Fellner is senior counsel for the United States Program of Human Rights Watch.^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]}

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.^[1] She also can speak Spanish.^[4]

Media appearances

Fellner's work has been widely reported on by the mass media and she has been a guest on numerous television programs.^[1] She has appeared as a guest on ABC Evening News, The Today Show, Hardball, Crossfire, The O'Reilly Factor, All Things Considered, Hannity and Colmes, and BBC News.^[1]

Writings

Fellner also wrote articles for different newspapers& such as:

• Lethal Injections Ill-Conceived, With Painful Results^[5]
• Pain and Punishment for Persons with Mental Disabilities Behind Bars in the USA^[6]
• Power Failure: NYC Judges Penalize The Poor^[7]
• "US Right to Curb Harsh Drug Sentences", Human Rights Watch^[8]
• "A Drug Abuse Policy That Fails Everyone", The Huffington Post^[9]
• US: A Nation Behind Bars, Human Rights Watch, 2014^[10]
• Decent Decision, Huffington Post.^[11]
• About mentally ill prisoners. December 2015.^[12]
• About mistreatment of inmates,^[13]
• US civil Liberties after September 11.^[14]

Further reading

• Fellner, Jamie. "Beyond Reason: Executing Persons with Mental Retardation", Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities, American Bar Association, Summer 2001, accessed July 4, 2009.
• Godoy, Maria. Q&A Solitary Confinement and Human Rights", National Public Radio, July 27, 2006, accessed July 4, 2009.

External links

• Jamie Fellner, bio from HRW, including links to several articles she penned.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Commissioners . National Prison Rape Elimination Commission . 2009-07-02 .
2. Johnson, Carrie. "Panel Sets Guidelines For Fighting Prison Rape", Washington Post, June 23, 2009, retrieved July 2, 2009.
3. News: Panel on Prison Rape Hears Victims' Chilling Accounts . Marshall . Carolyn . . August 20, 2005 . 2009-07-02 .
4. https://backend.hrw.org/es/about/people/jamie-fellner Jamie FellnerAsesora principal, Programa de Estados Unidos
5. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lethal-injections-illconc_b_80331 Lethal Injections Ill-Conceived, With Painful Results
6. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJPH-07-2015-0017/full/html Pain and punishment for persons with mental disabilities behind bars in the USA
7. https://observer.com/2015/07/power-failure-nyc-judges-penalize-the-poor/ Power Failure: NYC Judges Penalize The Poor
8. https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/08/12/dispatches-us-right-curb-harsh-drug-sentences US Right to Curb Harsh Drug Sentences
9. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-drug-abuse-policy-that_b_677640 A Drug Abuse Policy That Fails Everyone
10. https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/06/us-nation-behind-bars US: A Nation Behind Bars
11. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/decent-decisions_b_883086 Decent Decisions
12. https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/us-prison-system-abuses-mentally-ill-inmates-report/48358 US prison system abuses mentally ill inmates: report
13. https://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/us0508/ Targeting Blacks
14. https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/dialogue/2_08/articles/807 A Roundtable Discussion with Jamie Fellner, Elisa Massimino, and Michael Ratner. December 31, 2002