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Italy

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Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 30 Apr 2026
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Suicide-in-custody rate among the highest in Europe; ECtHR pilot Torreggiani v. Italy (2013) drove reform.

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Prison population

64,412

Year: 2026

Rate per 100,000

109

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

125.6%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

23.4%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

4.4%

Foreign nationals

31.5%

Conditions risk — across 525 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average
525 unknown
abolitionist on capital punishment since 1994. Last known execution: 1947.ICCPR-OP2 (death-penalty abolition protocol): signatory

Seeded from Amnesty International 2024 categorisation + Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide.

Source: Amnesty International + Cornell Death Penalty Worldwide.
153 documented human-rights cases →

How Italy compares

vs Europe (16) & global averages
Rate per 100,000this: 109 · region: 108 · global: 214
Occupancy ratethis: 126% · region: 95% · global: 125%
Pre-trial sharethis: 23% · region: 28% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year
2000: 53,165+19.5% over 24y2024: 63,524

Source: World Prison Brief / unodc / eurostat / Council of Europe SPACE I

Prisons in Italy

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525 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

Afragola concentration camp

Italy

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Agnone concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Alberghetto in Torre di Arnolfo

Italy

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Alberobello concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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ancient prisons

Italy

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Aosta concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Ariano concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Asinara Island POW camp

Italy

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Asti concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Avezzano concentration camp

Italy · Avezzano

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Badu 'e Carros

Italy

High-security

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bagne de Civitavecchia

Italy

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Bagni di Lucca concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Bagno a Ripoli concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Bazzano concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Bergeggi concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Boiano concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Bojano concentration camp

Italy

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Bolzano concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Borgo San Dalmazzo concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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Bourbon prison

Italy

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Brissogne and Aosta prison

Italy

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Buoncammino prison

Italy

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Cairo Montenotte concentration camp

Italy

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Concentration camp

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See all 525 prisons in Italy →

Data completeness

100%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population
58,880,0002026
Source-verified
20 May 2026
Source links
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Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

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