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Italy

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

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Law No. 354/1975 (Legge 26 luglio 1975, n. 354, Norme sull’ordinamento penitenziario e sulla esecuzione delle misure privative e limitative della libertà)Women must be detained in specific detention facilities or in specific wards in ordinary facilities. Each detention facility where women are accommodated must be provided with a specific medical service monitoring the conditions of pregnant women and new mothers. Pregnant women and mothers breastfeeding their children are exempted from disciplinary sanctions entailing limitations of social activities.

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