This BJS press release reports that the number of persons in State and Federal prisons exceeded 1 million for the first time on June 30, 1994. In a State-level table, the report provides 6- and 12- month growth rates and the current incarceration rate per 100,000 resident population. Graphs present 10-year growth and incarceration rates by sex and race.
Prisoners at Midyear, 1994
NCJ Number
151168
Date Published
August 1994
Publication Series
Annotation
This BJS press release reports that the number of persons in State and Federal prisons exceeded 1 million for the first time on June 30, 1994.
Abstract
Date Published: August 17, 1994