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Italy
Prison Service
National Population:
60 359 546
EuroPris Member:
Yes
Custodial Establishments:
189
Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
919
Avg. Prisoner Population:
53 364
Total available prisoner places:
47 175
Official design capacity:
50 551
| Administrative Status | Prison Service |
| EuroPris Member | Yes |
| Country | Italy |
| National Population | 60 359 546 (as of 01/01/19) |
| National Population Source | http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat |
| Aligment with Ministry of Justice | Department within the Ministry of Justice |
| Operated | civilian |
| Imprisonment Rate per 100,000 population | 919 (as of 31/12/2020) |
| Average prisoner population | 53 364 (as of 31/12/2020) |
| Total available prisoner places | 47 175 (as of 07/12/2020) |
| Official design capacity | 50 551 (as of 31/01/2021) |
| Responsible for young/juvenile offenders | No |
| Minimum age that a young/juvenile offender can be admitted to the prison system | 0 |
| Prisoners over the age of 50 | 14 134 (as of 31/12/2020) |
| Conditional release or parole system | Yes |
| Life sentences issued in your jurisdiction | Yes |
| Can life sentence prisoners be conditionally released | Yes |
| Does your agency have an automated system for performing sentence calculations | No |
| Electronic monitoring solutions (frontdoor) | No |
Address: Dipartimento dell´Amministrazione Penitenziaria Largo Luigi Daga 2, 00164 Rome
Telephone: +39 06 665911
Website: http://www.giustizia.it
Email: [email protected]
Mr Bernardo Petralia
Position: Head of Department of Penitentiary Administration
Appointed since: 11/05/2020
