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 prisoners
61,230
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29/02/2020
/ Ministry of Justice
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
101
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
15.3
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – 2019 Report, p. 119.
Prison density
120.3 %
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31/01/2020
/ Ministry of Justice
Total number of prison facilities
189
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31/01/2020
/ Ministry of Justice
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Female prisoners
4.4 %
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29/02/2020
/ Ministry of Justice
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
This figure repre…
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15/02/2020
/ Ministry of Justice Minors and young adults under the care of Child Protective Services.
Percentage of untried prisoners
31 %
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31/12/2019
/ Ministry of Justice
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
The death penalty…

ASL - Local Health Authority (Aziende sanitarie locale)
ATSM - Dedicated Area for those with Mental Health Problems (Articolazione per la tutella della salute mentale)
CC - Pre-Trial prison (Casa circondariale)
CR - Detention Center (Casa di reclusione)
ECHR - European Court of Human Rights
CPA - First-Reception Centre (Centro di prima accoglienza)
CPT - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ICAM - Prison Facility for Imprisoned Mothers (Istuti a custodia attenuata per detenute madri)
IPM - Prison Facilities for Minors (Istuti penali per i minorenni)
NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
NIC - Central Investigation Unit (Nucleo invegastivo centrale)
WHO - World Health Organization
OPG - Carceral Psychiatric Facility (Ospedale psichiatrico giudiziario)
REMS - Residences for the Execution of Security Measures (Residenza per l’esecuzione delle misure si sicurezza)
SPACE - Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (Statistiques pénales annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe)
SPT – Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture
SSN - National Health Service (Servizio sanitario nazionale)
UCOII - Union of Islamic Community and Organisations in Italy (Unione delle comunità e organizzazioni islamiche in Italia)
PNUD - United Nations Development Programme