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Italy Launches Task Force to Review 10,000 Prisoners for Alternative Sentences

A weekly-meeting task force is reviewing 10,105 inmates for potential non-custodial measures under newly allocated funds for social reintegration

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Overview

  • The Justice Ministry has convened a specialized team to assess definitive detainees who may qualify for non-custodial alternatives to incarceration
  • Inmates with less than 24 months remaining, non-ostative convictions and no serious disciplinary infractions in the past year have been flagged as eligible
  • Authorities have earmarked €74 million for national orientation, training, social housing and reintegration initiatives and €2 million specifically for Abruzzo
  • Early regional reporting shows around 300 of Umbria’s 1,600 definitive prisoners could benefit from alternative measures
  • The task force will continue weekly evaluations and is set to deliver final recommendations by September 2025