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CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling not receiving lifesaving healthcare in prison (VIDEO)

CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling is serving a three-and-a-half year prison sentence after being convicted under the Espionage Act. But that may amount to a death sentence, as officials refuse to treat his severe heart condition, his wife tells RT.

Sterling’s wife is worried that he effectively received the death penalty when he was sent to the Englewood Correctional Institution.

Holly Sterling says Jeffrey has been showing troubling symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain and profuse sweating. However, Holly told RT that all efforts to get Jeffrey to see a doctor have been thwarted by the prison.

In the past, Jeffrey has suffered from atrial fibrillation, or afib, which is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can have dire consequences from heart complications. With his current symptoms, Holly fears for the worst saying, “That could potentially be cardiac arrest.”