Amy Fettig is a Staff Attorney with the National Prison Project with expertise in solitary confinement, prison rape, reform in juvenile facilities and women’s health in prison.
Although much of her time is spent on institutional reform litigation, Fettig also does public policy work on issues involving prisoners’ rights. She is a leading member of the national coalition seeking to end the practice of shackling pregnant women prisoners and works with a wide range of ACLU affiliates on their advocacy strategies around women’s health in prison. Fettig heads the SAVE coalition seeking to reform the federal Prison Litigation Reform Act and has worked with lawmakers to draft language to correct key problems with the law.
Fettig also provides technical legal assistance and advice to advocacy groups and lawyers working on prisoner rights cases nationwide and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches public interest advocacy.
Fettig graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. She also holds a B.A., with distinction from Carleton College, and an M.A. from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
