Foreign prison population in Italy 2018, by region
In 2018, the Italian region with the highest number of foreign prisoners was Lazio, in the Center of the country, with 6.5 thousand foreigners in jail. The Northern region of Lombardy held 3.7 thousand prisoners with a foreign citizenship, ranking second in the chart. The region with the lowest number of foreign inmates was Basilicata, where the number of foreign prison population reached 72 individuals.