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Italy

Capital city — Rome

  • Country population

    60,795,612
    i
    2015
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    86
    i
    2015
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary democracy
  • Human Development Index

    0.887
    i
    2016
    / UNDP
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prisoners

    52,164
    i
    2015
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Prison density

    105 %
    i
    2015
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Total number of prison facilities

    195
    i
    2015
  • An NPM has been established

    Yes

    created in 2014

  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    4 %
    i
    2015
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Incarcerated minors

    0.8 %
    i
    2015
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Untried prisoners

    34.2 %
    i
    2015
    / Ministry of Justice
  • Death penalty is abolished

    Yes

    since 1948

    i
    2015
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For more information

  • About prisons in Italy, WPB/ICPR

  • Prison conditions in Italy, by Antigone for European Prison Observatory

  • Fair Trials International

  • Info-sheet Arrested in Italy FAQ – Fair Trials International

  • European Justice Commission fact-sheet on rights of defendants in criminal proceedings

  • Info-sheet by Canestrini Law

  • The Italian criminal trial info-sheet by Canestrini Law

  • A brief introduction to Italian criminal law by Avvocato Adriani

  • Multi-lingual Guides for Prisoners (available in Italian, English, Spanish, French, Arab, Albanian, Croatian)

  • Guide for Prisoners Relatives (only in Italian) by Ristretti Orizzonti

  • “Italy prisoner’s pack”

  • Antigone’s Italian Prisons Observatory Online Report

  • Antigone’s web-doc on prisons life “Inside Carceri”

  • Summary information on probation in Italy by CEP

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