A man serving a prison sentence for crimes related to the improper handling of asbestos has asked for a furlough from his jail time in order to donate a kidney to his sick son. Alexander Salvagno is serving a 25-year prison term at Fort Dix, New Jersey after being found guilty of federal asbestos crimes. Salvagno and his conspirators were found guilty of falsifying over 75,000 asbestos tests. Now, he wants nothing more than to help his 9-year-old son, Alexander, Jr.

Asbestos crimes are taken seriously by the federal government. Asbestos exposure is conclusively linked to the development of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer. The disease typically lies dormant for up to fifty years before an individual begins to suffer from mesothelioma symptoms, and the majority of patients lose their battle with this cancer in less than two years following diagnosis. Even patients who undergo extensive palliative mesothelioma treatment, which may include chemotherapy or surgery, generally do not survive longer than twenty-four months.

“I respectfully request permission to be allowed to file a joint motion with my wife, Rebecca O’Keefe, seeking a temporary furlough from my term of imprisonment to facilitate a kidney transplant for my nine year old son, Alexander Jr., for which I will be the kidney donor,” Salvagno wrote to U.S. District Court Senior Judge Lawrence E. Kahn, who is based in Albany, New York.

“[My son] was born with a bulk of medical ailments, including kidney failure, which has deteriorated to the point that his doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital have determined that transplant is now necessary and are seeking to perform the transplant in approximately July of this year,” he added.

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