Serving an Italian sentence in your home country
Serving an Italian sentence in your home country is decided by the provision below, by how the facts are qualified, and by what is done in the first weeks. Sentence, criminal record and right of residence follow from that. We answer on your own facts, at any hour, and you need not be in Italy.
Provision: Conv. Strasburgo 1983; D.lgs. 161/2010 (DQ 2008/909/GAI per area UE)
Checked 18/08/2026.
What this page covers
Whether Serving an Italian sentence in your home country ends in a conviction, and with what sentence, depends on how the facts are qualified and on decisions taken in the first weeks — long before any trial.
Governing provision: Conv. Strasburgo 1983; D.lgs. 161/2010 (DQ 2008/909/GAI per area UE)
The questions that decide the outcome
- What is actually happening
- What you are facing in custodial terms
- Your options
- How this differs from the US and the UK
- Serving the sentence
What people ask us about this
- Can I serve my Italian sentence in my home country?
- How does prisoner transfer to the UK or US work?
- Do I need to consent to a prisoner transfer from Italy?
We answer on the facts of your own case, not in the abstract. Call +39 335 669 3954 or write on WhatsApp. The first contact is free and confidential, we answer at any hour, and you do not need to be in Italy.