Atlanta penitentiary index card: Valachi, Joseph, No. 77320-A (1956)
Prisoner index card from the U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta: conspiracy to sell narcotics, Southern District of New York, five years and a $10,000 fine, received May 18, 1956, and stamped "Released on bail."
- Date
- 1956-05-18
- Kind
- case-file
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- NAID
- 351263171
- Rights
- A record of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Public domain in the United States, 17 U.S.C. § 105. The National Archives catalog marks access and use "Unrestricted."
A typed index card from the U.S. Penitentiary at Atlanta. It is held by the National Archives at Atlanta in Record Group 129, Records of the Bureau of Prisons, in the file unit “Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Index to Prisoners - Tyson, Claude-Vance, Charlie.” The catalog describes the file unit, not the card. The research for this archive found the card at digital object 206.
The card reads: name “Valachi, Joseph,” No. 77320-A, alias “Anthony Sorge.” The crime is “Conspiracy to sell narcotics,” the district “S.N.Y.,” and the sentence 5 years with a fine of $10,000.00. The date is 4-24-56, and the date received 5-18-56. The card gives parole, short-time and full-time dates. A stamp gives “Date Discharged May 23 1956,” and a red stamp reads “Released on bail.” The residence line names a city only.
The same number, 77320, appears in the criminal record printed in the 1963 hearings.
