DATABASE · ITALIAN PRISONS
189 prisons. We have seen them.
Italian prisons have been constantly overcrowded since 2009. Nessuno tocchi Caino systematically visits the institutions and publishes the data by region, facility and type of offence. The visits follow a standardised protocol in collaboration with Antigone.
64,773
INMATES
51,180
PLACES AVAILABLE
127%
OVERCROWDING RATE
19
SUICIDES 2026
PRISON MAP
189 Italian prisons.
We visited 47 of them in 2026.
- OVERCROWDING +30%
- +10–30%
- WITHIN CAPACITY
VISITS ARCHIVE
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189 Italian facilities. 847 visits. 2,104 testimonies gathered since 2011.
189 / 189
Source: Italian Ministry of Justice · DAP
DEATH PENALTY