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Italy
Capital city —
Rome
Country population
59,066,225
i
2021
/
The World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
93
i
2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
Human Development Index
0.892
(29/188)
i
2020
/
UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.47
i
2020
/
UNODC
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
54,771
This number does…
i
31/05/2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
19
i
2020
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – 2021 Report
, p. 124.
Prison density
107.7 %
According to Anti…
i
30/05/2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
206
i
31/01/2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.2 %
i
31/05/2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
This figure repre…
i
15/02/2020
/ Ministry of Justice
Minors and young adults under the care of Child Protective Services.
Untried prisoners
28.5 %
This number does…
i
31/05/2022
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
The death penalty…
+
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2022
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