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. 10/94. NCJ 151168
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