Factbox-Italy's law-and-order crackdowns under Meloni

ROME, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Italy will ‌approve a package ​of ​measures on Tuesday aimed at strengthening law-and-order after days of unrest that have seen demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property.

The ‌legislation is the latest in a stream of bills and emergency ⁠decrees toughening sanctions for protesters and other groups approved by Meloni since she took office in ‌2022.

Here are some of the ‌government's previous "security packages."

RAVE/JUSTICE DECREE, 2022

One of Meloni's first measures, the decree targeted illegal rave parties and other gatherings that could endanger public safety, with prison sentences ​of up to six years.

CUTRO DECREE, 2023

Following a migrant shipwreck off the southern region of Calabria, the decree created a new crime punishable with up ⁠to 30-years in prison, for cases in which death or serious injury results from illegal-migration offences.

It also curbed ​migrants' grounds for "special protection" against expulsion, facilitated construction of new migrant reception and repatriation centres and extended the period of detention in ​them.

CAIVANO DECREE, 2023

Adopted after a high-profile case ‌involving the alleged rape of two girls in Caivano, near Naples, the law broadened the scope for putting minors in pre-trial ⁠custody, and reduced the option of rehabilitation programmes after grave juvenile offences.

It increased penalties for possession of weapons and for minor drug offences, and allowed disruptive young inmates to be ⁠moved from juvenile to adult prisons. It also made violation of compulsory-schooling obligations a crime, with ​responsible adults facing prison terms for failing to enrol a child.

The decree triggered a 50% rise in the juvenile prison population, prisoners' rights group Antigone said in August.

SECURITY DECREE, 2025

The decree ‌created new crimes and toughened sanctions in a range of areas including squatting, road blockades during protests and revolts in ‌prisons and migrant detention centres. It also tightened rules on the revocation of citizenship following ⁠final conviction for terrorism- or ‌subversion-related crimes.

In four years under ​Meloni, Italy's prison population has increased by more than 17%, or almost 10,000 people, government data shows.

(Reporting By Gavin Jones, editing by ‌Crispian Balmer)

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