00001: Who was the first U.S. prisoner to receive an inmate number?
Although U.S. prisons sprouted up before the United States were even formed, it wasn't until 1851 that prisoners were given official inmate numbers. And the first gentleman to receive such a number — 00001 — was a 22-year-old cabinet-maker from Sacramento, California.
Charles Currier became California's first off…
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