Prisoners in 1994
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THE NATION'S PRISON POPULATION GREW ALMOST 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1995 202/307-0784 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The nation's state and federal prisons had to find room for 83,294 more inmates last year--the second largest annual increase in history and just 1,470 fewer than the 84,764 increase recorded in 1989. The total...