Atlanta penitentiary index card: Valachi, Joseph, No. 82811-A (revised computation, 1962)
Prisoner index card headed "Revised computation: corrected, 8-16-62": murder in the second degree and narcotics violations, sentence "Life" and 21 years, 8 months, 10 days.
- Date
- 1962-08-16
- 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 second index card from the same Atlanta penitentiary file unit, found at digital object 205. It is headed “Revised computation: corrected, 8-16-62.”
The card reads: name “Valachi, Joseph,” No. 82811-A. The crime is “Murder, 2nd deg.: Viol. Narc. Laws,” and the districts are “E-N.Y.: S-N.Y. & N-Ga.” The sentence line reads “Life,” in quotation marks, and then “21 yrs. 8 mos. 10 days,” with fine and costs of $10,000.00. The dates are 6-3-60, 2-13-62 and 7-17-62. The sentence begins 6-3-60, and the date committed to a federal institution is 6-17-60. The card gives a parole eligibility date of 6-2-75.
The date 7-17-62 matches the plea and judgment on criminal docket No. 23273. The card does not give a cell or a transfer destination. A handwritten note at lower right is not transcribed here.
