INTRODUCTION 8 others, as well as relevant case-law. Desk-based research started at the beginning of the year 2022. 1.2.4. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS Eleven official Freedom of Information requests were sent to the Police, Prisons Department, National Probation Service, Prosecutor General’s Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, Rokiškis Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, National Courts Administration, National Court Psychiatric Service, Migration Department, and National Border Control Service. 1.2.5. SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS Ten semi-structured interviews were carried out either in-person or online between 17th June and 21st October 2022 with former defendants and detainees with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities, professionals in the criminal justice and health systems, as well as other relevant people in contact with persons with disabilities. Research participants came from five different areas in Lithuania: Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Visaginas, and Rokiškis. Interviews were conducted with three former defendants and detainees with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities, also with representatives of the Ministry of Health, Prison’s Department, Deprivation of Liberty Hospital (prison), Rokiškis Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, National Probation Service, a prosecutor, and an independent practicing attorney.