Italy

Capital city — Rome

Country population
60,359,546
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2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
Human Development Index
0.883
(29/188)
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2018
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of incarcerated people
60,125
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31/01/2019
/ Ministry of Justice
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
99.6
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31/01/2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – 2019 Report, p.30.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
15.3
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2018
/ Conseil de l’Europe, SPACE I – Rapport 2019, p. 119.
Prison density
118.9 %
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31/01/2020
/ Ministry of Justice
Total number of prison facilities
190
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31/01/2019
/ Ministry of justice
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Female prisoners
4.3 %
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31/01/2019
/ Ministry of Justice
Incarcerated minors
170 %
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15/01/2019
/ Ministry of justice, Minors and young adults under the care of Child Protective Services.
Percentage of untried prisoners
32.6 %
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31/01/2019
/ Ministry of Justice
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
The death penalty…

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