Between 2000 and 2021, the number of foreign prisoners in Italy reached its peak in 2010 at 24,954 inmates. As of May 2021, the population of foreign individuals in custody added up to 16,940.
By the end of 2020, the number of prisoners from Morocco amounted to over three thousand individuals. Inmates from the European Union accounted for the second largest group of foreign prisoners.
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Ministero della Giustizia (Italy) . (July 31, 2023). Number of foreign prisoners in custody in Italy from 2000 to 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/575279/foreign-prison-population-of-italy/
Ministero della Giustizia (Italy) . "Number of foreign prisoners in custody in Italy from 2000 to 2023." Chart. July 31, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/575279/foreign-prison-population-of-italy/
Ministero della Giustizia (Italy) . (2023). Number of foreign prisoners in custody in Italy from 2000 to 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/575279/foreign-prison-population-of-italy/
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Ministero della Giustizia (Italy) , Number of foreign prisoners in custody in Italy from 2000 to 2023 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/575279/foreign-prison-population-of-italy/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
Number of foreign prisoners in custody in Italy from 2000 to 2023 [Graph], Ministero della Giustizia (Italy) , July 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: /statistics/575279/foreign-prison-population-of-italy/
