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Italy
Capital city —
Rome
Country population
60,359,546
i
2019
/
Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Democracy
Human Development Index
0.883
(29/188)
i
2018
/
UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.7
i
2017
/
UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
61,230
i
29/02/2020
/
Ministry of Justice
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
101
i
2020
/
World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
15.3
i
2018
/ Council of Europe,
SPACE I – 2019 Report
, p. 119.
Prison density
120.3 %
i
31/01/2020
/
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prison facilities
189
i
31/01/2020
/
Ministry of Justice
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Number and percentage of female prisone…
4.4 %
i
29/02/2020
/
Ministry of Justice
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
31 %
i
31/12/2019
/
Ministry of Justice
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1994
The death penalty…
+
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ASL
- Local Health Authority (
Aziende sanitarie locale
)
ATSM
- Dedicated Area for those with Mental Health Problems (
Articolazione per la tutella della salute mentale
)
CC
- Pre-Trial prison (
Casa circondariale
)
CR
- Detention Center (
Casa di reclusione
)
ECHR
- European Court of Human Rights
CPA
- First-Reception Centre (
Centro di prima accoglienza
)
CPT
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ICAM
- Prison Facility for Imprisoned Mothers (
Istuti a custodia attenuata per detenute madri
)
IPM
- Prison Facilities for Minors (
Istuti penali per i minorenni
)
NPM
- National Preventive Mechanism
NIC
- Central Investigation Unit (
Nucleo invegastivo centrale
)
WHO
- World Health Organization
OPG
- Carceral Psychiatric Facility (
Ospedale psichiatrico giudiziario
)
REMS
- Residences for the Execution of Security Measures (
Residenza per l’esecuzione delle misure si sicurezza
)
SPACE
- Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (
Statistiques pénales annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe
)
SPT
– Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture
SSN
- National Health Service (
Servizio sanitario nazionale
)
UCOII
- Union of Islamic Community and Organisations in Italy (
Unione delle comunità e organizzazioni islamiche in Italia
)
PNUD
- United Nations Development Programme
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