Reclusione Militare

{{Short description|Italian military jail}}

Reclusione Militare is a term for time served in a military jail by members of the Italian Armed Forces.

The term of the sentences that may be served by inmates ranges from a minimum of 1 month to a maximum of 30 years. All service members sentenced must do hard labor while incarcerated. Anyone sentenced to more than 5 years is discharged from the armed forces and may not return.

Officers who are sentenced and have not been given a reduction in rank from officer have the right to serve their time in a special section of the military jail.

Article number 26 of the Italian military penal code discusses this penalty.Being abolished ( with the law 13 October 1994 n. 589) the death penalty from the Military Penal Code of War, has lost its main raison d'être the practice with which - for three decades - had been ruled out its validity by providing, from time to time by decree-law, the application of the Military Penal Code of Peace in international missions where Italian troops would take part (for peace-keeping or peace-enforcing): {{cite journal|last1=Buonomo|first1=Giampiero|title=Improvviso scongelamento per il codice penale militare di guerra|journal=Diritto&Giustizia Edizione Online|date=2002|url=https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89310156|access-date=2016-03-21|archive-date=2012-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801002834/http://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89310156|url-status=dead}}