Three days after Todd Sidesinger was released from the hospital for heart failure in February 2024, he was taken to jail for unpaid court costs and fees, totaling about $1,500. Within 48 hours, he would be dead. Sidesinger wore a prescribed defibrillator vest that delivers an electrical shock when it detects a life-threatening heart rhythm. The vest has to be charged approximately once every 24 hours. But York County Prison’s (YCP) medical staff…
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