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Capital city — Rome

Country population
59,066,225
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2021
/ The World Bank
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
93
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
Human Development Index
0.892
(29/188)
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2020
/ 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
54,771
This number does…
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31/05/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
19
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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – 2021 Report, p. 124.
Prison density
107.7 %
According to Anti…
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30/05/2022
/ 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
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.2 %
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31/05/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
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.
Untried prisoners
28.5 %
This number does…
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31/05/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
The death penalty…

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