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Amy Brittain

Washington, D.C., United States

Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post

Investigative reporter for The Washington Post. Contact: [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Amy Brittain

    D.C. juvenile court’s reliance on ankle monitors had deadly outcomes (washingtonpost.com) D.C. juvenile court’s reliance on ankle monitors had deadly outcomes By Amy Brittain 2025060909000000 The boys were in trouble. Maurice Jackson Jr., 15, and Mylaki Young, 16, had both missed too much school and were suspected of committing crimes. By late 2022, they were living with five other teens in a vacant apartment in Southeast Washington.

  • May 21, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Amy Brittain

    Tina Brown Overton crouches near a tub where Naomi Puckett labors during an attempted vaginal birth after Caesarean, or VBAC, in Crofton, Md., in September 2017. More than six years after the fetal death of Puckett's son, Overton has agreed to pay a $5,000 civil fine for the unlicensed practice of midwifery.

  • Dec 25, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Amy Brittain

    After their babies died, Maryland parents sought help from the state Board of Nursing, which regulates midwives. They’re still waiting. December 26, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. ESTNaomi Puckett and her husband, Jeff, at their home in Maryland. (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post) CommentSaveIt was only after their baby died that the Pucketts learned that the home birth midwife they had hired was not a licensed midwife at all.

  • Nov 13, 2023 | newsbreak.com | Amy Brittain

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  • Nov 13, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Amy Brittain

    Editor’s note: This story includes a video and photos of a deceased baby, which are included with the parents’ permission. The images may disturb some people. Tori DiVincenzo lay in bed at home, dazed and bleeding. She had pushed for hours under the watch of a veteran midwife, only to deliver her daughter silent and still. On this November afternoon in 2021, Sophie Rose DiVincenzo was being rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

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Amy Brittain
Amy Brittain @AmyJBrittain
10 Jun 25

My latest: D.C. teens wearing GPS ankle monitors have repeatedly let the batteries of their devices go dead. Judges and probation officers have scrambled to find these youth — some who are accused of violent crimes & others who are as young as 12. https://t.co/tbw71v8Wks

Amy Brittain
Amy Brittain @AmyJBrittain
20 Jul 24

RT @mayalau: It’s an outrage that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department would criminally investigate me as a reporter for doing my jo…

Amy Brittain
Amy Brittain @AmyJBrittain
19 Jul 24

RT @jasongay: The conviction of Evan Gershkovich is a wrongful travesty and he should be immediately released. More than ever, please keep…