As the first step in the Road to Freedom project, this Comparative Report Summary aims to have a closer look at the prison systems of the five partner countries, namely Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Iceland and Italy, analysing the general characteristics of their justice systems and providing an overview of related statistical data. The main objective of this Summary is to provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities present in the prison systems of the partner countries and to create a fundamental basis for the next phases of the project, such as the training courses and the project documentary.