Italy

Capital city — Rome

Country population
59,359,900
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2017
/ Worldometers
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
97
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2017
/ Antigone
Type of government
Parliamentary democracy
Human Development Index
0.149
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2017
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
The website of th…
Total number of prisoners
57,608
Italy’s prison po…
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2017
/ Ministry of Justice, “Prison population” (in Italian)
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
14.3
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2017
/ Antigone
Prison density
105.4 %
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2017
/ Antigone, “Annual Report”, 2017 (in Italian
Total number of prison facilities
210
190 penal institu…
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2017
An NPM has been established
yes
In February 2014,…
Female prisoners
4.2 %
Out of 7,106 inma…
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2017
/ Antigone, “Annual Report”, 2017 (in Italian)
Incarcerated minors
0.7 %
In 2017, the out…
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2017
/ Ministry of Justice, “Flussi di utenza degli Istituti penali per i minorenni Situazione Nazionale”, 2017. (in Italian)
Untried prisoners
16.7 %
As of 31 December…
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2017
/ Ministry of Justice, “Detenuti presenti per posizione giuridica”, 31 December 2017 (in Italian)
Death penalty is abolished
yes
The death penalty…

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Acronyms

CAT - Committee Against Torture
NIC - Central Investigative Unit
CPT - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
EctHR - The European Court of Human Rights
HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus
LGBTI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
PPT - Public-Private Partnership
DAP - The Department of Prisons Administration
UNCAT - United Nations Convention Against Torture
FIACAT - Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
USSM - Social service for minors
IPMs - Juvenile Prisons
CPIA - Provincial centers for education of adults
REMS - Institution for psychiatric hospitalization