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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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