NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 52 investigation officer or prosecutor, in cases where there are grounds and conditions for detention of the person.58 The Code of Criminal Procedure sets a maximum apprehension period of forty-eight hours. Temporary apprehension cannot last longer than it is necessary to determine the identity of the person and to carry out the necessary steps of the process. A temporarily detained person must be interrogated as a suspect no later than twenty-four hours after their delivery to the pre-trial investigation institution or prosecutor's office. According to the CCP, an apprehended person must be released immediately if the suspicion that they have committed a criminal offence has not been confirmed, it has been determined that the grounds and conditions for the apprehension are not necessary; the apprehension period stipulated by law has expired; or the court makes a decision to refuse to order apprehension. Experts have repeatedly pointed out that temporary apprehension is used too often and pre-trial investigation officers tend to abuse it.59 According to the Ministry of Justice, officers arrest about 19,000 persons suspected of committing crimes on average per year, of which up to 2,000 persons are apprehended outside of the crime scene.60 The Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania, 2002, No. IX-785. Available at: https://bit.ly/3tMjRdy. 59 Liutkevičius K. (2012) Sulaikymo ir suėmimo reglamentavimas ir taikymas Lietuvoje. Available in Lithuanian at: https://bit.ly/3ZPxYLf. 60 Information from the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, 2021. Available in Lithuanian at: https://bit.ly/3rKsLaV. 58