Italy

Capital city — Rome

Country population
58,850,717
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
105
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
Human Development Index
0.895
(30/191)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.47
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2020
/ UNODC
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
61,297
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
17
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
119.8 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
206
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31/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Female prisoners
4.3 %
This figure does…
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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15/01/2023
/ Ministry of Justice Minorenni e giovani adulti in carico ai Servizi minorili (in Italian).
Percentage of untried prisoners
25.6 %
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30/04/2024
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
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 -Low Security Custody Institution for mothers in prison (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