BIBLIOGRAPHY 97 well as prepares drafts of legal acts in the areas of the law of execution of sentences and the execution of pre-trial detention. Also, it submits proposals for the amendment (improvement) or invalidation of legal acts, implements legislation related to the execution of sentences and pretrial detention, analyses and provides conclusions. The Prisons’ Department is an institution under the Ministry of Justice, whose purpose is to methodically manage and control the activities of probation services and prisons. There are 11 penal institutions subordinate to the Prisons’ Department enforcing pre-trial detention sanctions and custodial sentences imposed by the court; five county probation services that are responsible for the execution of sentences alternatives to imprisonment and supervision of persons released on parole. The Training Centre of the Prisons’ Department organises the training of the newly hired staff of the institutions subordinate to the Department. From 2023, the Prisons’ Department and its subordinate institutions will be reorganised and will make a single legal entity, i.e. the Prisons’ Service of Lithuania. Despite the fact that various trainings are organised for pre-trial investigators, prosecutors and court representatives in order to increase their competences and specialised knowledge, there is no data on regular special trainings for officers about mental health, intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities nor disability rights. It is also important to note, that several participants in this research (professionals) during interviews used such terminology as ‘mental retardation’ (Lt. protinis atsilikimas), and the issue that specialised