Italy

Capital city — Rome

Country population
60,359,546
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2019
/ Eurostat
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
99
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2019
/ Concil of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 30.
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.149
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2017
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
The website of th…
Total number of prisoners
57,608
On 16 May 2019, t…
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16/05/2019
/ Diritti Umani
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
14.3
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2017
/ Antigone
Prison density
105.4 %
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2017
/ Antigone, “Annual Report”, 2017 (in Italian
Total number of prison facilities
210
190 penal institu…
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2017
An NPM has been established
yes
In February 2014,…
Female prisoners
4.2 %
Out of 7,106 inma…
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2017
/ Antigone, “Annual Report”, 2017 (in Italian)
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
In 2017, the out…
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2017
/ Ministry of Justice, “Flussi di utenza degli Istituti penali per i minorenni Situazione Nazionale”, 2017. (in Italian)
Percentage of untried prisoners
16.7 %
As of 31 December…
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2017
/ Ministry of Justice, “Detenuti presenti per posizione giuridica”, 31 December 2017 (in Italian)
Death penalty is abolished
yes
The death penalty…

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Introduction

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Country population

60,359,546

2019

/ Eurostat

Type of government

Parliamentary democracy

Human Development Index

0.149

2017

/ UNDP

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

0.7

2016

/ UNDP

Country population

Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

Type of government

Human Development Index

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Name of authority in charge of the pris…

Total number of prisoners

Average length of imprisonment (in mont…

Prison density

Total number of prison facilities

An NPM has been established

Female prisoners

Incarcerated minors

Percentage of untried prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Introduction

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Write to us: [email protected]¶

Country population

Type of government

Human Development Index

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

Prison Insider is filling out this country-profile in 2019 through collaborative work.

Write to us: [email protected]