To ease the severe prison overcrowding situation, the lower house of the Italian parliament passed a bill on the 29th to allow drug or alcohol addicts who meet specific conditions to serve their sentences at home. According to the Act, these inmates must simultaneously undergo rehabilitation treatment. According to data from the Antigone Association, a prisoner rights organization, Italian prisons currently hold about 140% of the design capacity, making them one of the countries with the worst prison overcrowding within the European Union.

To ease the severe prison overcrowding situation, the lower house of the Italian parliament passed a bill on the 29th to allow drug or alcohol addicts who meet specific conditions to serve their sentences at home. According to the Act, these inmates must simultaneously undergo rehabilitation treatment. According to data from the Antigone Association, a prisoner rights organization, Italian prisons currently hold about 140% of the design capacity, making them one of the countries with the worst prison overcrowding within the European Union.