Can I visit during my detention?

Visits may be made during detention in the following two cases:

1. Family members are not allowed to visit during criminal detention, but defenders can meet criminal suspects;

2. Visits can be made through administrative detention.

Requirements for defenders to meet with criminal suspects and defendants:

1. If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to meet with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest;

2. In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers shall obtain the permission of the investigation organ when meeting with the criminal suspect in custody during the investigation. The investigation organ shall notify the detention center of the above situation in advance;

3. When a defense lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he can understand the case and provide legal advice. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence may be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers are not monitored when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants.

Provisions on visits during administrative detention:

1. When meeting with detainees, they should hold valid identity documents. When the lawyer entrusted by the detainee meets with the detainee, he shall also hold a lawyer's practice certificate, a certificate of law firm, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid. The police of the detention center shall examine the relevant documents and vouchers of the meeting personnel, fill in the registration form of meeting the detainees, and make arrangements in time;

2. Meeting with detainees shall be conducted at the time and place designated by the detention center, and shall comply with the Regulations on Meeting with Detainees. Generally, the number of meetings with detainees is not more than two, and the number of people meeting each time is not more than three, and the meeting time is not more than 30 minutes. There are special circumstances that need to hold a meeting on a non-meeting day or increase the number, number and time of meetings, which shall be approved by the leaders of the detention center;

3. Detainees are not limited by the number of times and time to entrust lawyers, but should do so during normal working hours;

4, in violation of the provisions of the meeting management, the detention center can give a warning or ordered to stop the meeting;

5. After the meeting, the detention center shall send the detainees back to the detention room after physical examination;

6. Upon the application of detainees or their relatives and friends, conditional detention centers can arrange remote video interviews for detainees.

To sum up, whether you can visit during detention depends on the situation. If it is a criminal detention, relatives can't visit, and they can only be visited by defense lawyers; In the case of administrative detention, the visiting time is specified, and relatives can make an appointment in advance to visit the punished person at the specified time. But in any case, lawyers can visit detainees. Unless the family can't be found, the detention center will inform the family in time.

Legal basis:

Article 48 of the Measures for the Implementation of the Regulations on Detention Facilities

Detention centers guarantee detainees' right to communicate and meet during their detention. Detainees shall abide by the communication and meeting regulations of the detention center.