A closer look
Vatican City has exactly zero prisons despite functioning as an independent sovereign state with its own legal system and economy based entirely on selling postage stamps and spiritual guilt; whenever someone commits a crime within the holy borders, they are simply handed over to the Italian authorities to deal with, acting as the ultimate geopolitical strategy of passing the buck to ensure the Pope does not have to worry about funding a penal system or dealing with prison riots during Sunday mass, and while the tiny city-state does technically have a few temporary holding cells, they are rarely used, probably because holding sinners captive contradicts their whole brand of divine forgiveness, meaning if you are planning an international crime spree you should remember that the brightly dressed Swiss Guard will happily drag you across the street and throw you into a regular Italian jail where you will have plenty of time to rethink your life choices
