NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 47 Moreover, it is important to note that in practice, suspects and accused persons with mental disorders are usually assigned a defense counsel in accordance with the procedure for the provision of state-guaranteed legal aid. The latter has been criticised for being ineffective and of low quality. 3.1.2. NATIONAL STATISTICS Statistics is one of the most problematic aspects in examining the situation of defendants and detainees with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities in the criminal process in Lithuania. In general, Lithuania is infamous for the number of prisoners. Currently, Lithuania is in the sixth place among all European countries in terms of the number of prisoners – 190.3 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants (Russia is in the first place with 328.1).51 In Lithuania, imprisonment, as the most commonly applied form of criminal sanction, accounts for approximately 30 percent of all applied sanctions.52 Incarceration rate in European Countries in 2021, available in English at: https://bit.ly/3ZQZasQ. 52 Lithuanian Institute of Law: collective of authors (2015) Alternative Penalties In The European Union. Available in Lithuanian at: https://bit.ly/3Mi9vsz. 51