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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 351 facilities

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

national average

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+5.7% over 22y2022: 56,196

Prisons in Italy

Browse all 351

351 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

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
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