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Associated Press - January 6, 1986
As an act of mercy on Christmas Eve, Governor Cuomo and Mr. Coughlin approved the transfer of three Sing Sing prisoners to the AIDS unit at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan, a unit operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in cooperation with Mother Teresa.
Last Thursday, Mother Teresa asked Governor Cuomo to extend the gesture and release all prisoners terminally ill with AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Mr. Coughlin said that as many as 40 prisoners would be sent in the next month or two to St. Clare's.
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