🔒 Canton Mombello Prison

Canton Mombello Prison, officially the Casa circondariale "Nerio Fischione", is a prison in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. Opened in 1914, it is one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country. On 19 September 2026 it held 397 inmates, against an official capacity of 182 places. In a report published in May 2025, the Court of Audit found it to be the most overcrowded prison in Italy, with an occupancy rate of 205.4 per cent at the end of August 2024. Inspections carried out in 2024 by the national ombudsman for prisoners and by the Italian criminal lawyers' association described cramped and degraded cells.