Print version| Country | ITALY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Prison Administration | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Largo Luigi Daga 2, I-00164 ROME, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +39 06 66 59 13 21 fax: +39 06 66 16 51 39 Web: www.giustizia.it |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Giovanni Tamburino
Head of the Department of Prison Administration |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
65,917
at 30.4.2013 (Ministry of Justice - not including those in institutions for minors, of whom there were 541 at 30.6.2012) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
108
based on an estimated national population of 61.08 million at end of April 2013 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
37.4%
(30.4.2013 - not including those in institutions for minors) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.4%
(30.4.2013 - not including those in institutions for minors) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.8%
(30.6.2012 - under 18; including those in institutions for minors) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
35.6%
(30.4.2013 - not including those in institutions for minors) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
225
(2013 - 206 penal institutions for adults, 19 for minors) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 47,045
(30.4.2013 - not including penal institutions for minors) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
140.1%
(30.4.2013 - not including those in penal institutions for minors) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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