Legal analysis: lawyers can meet with criminal suspects or defendants in custody. Families can't meet. During criminal detention, only lawyers can act as defenders and meet criminal suspects according to law. 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.
Legal basis: Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), defenders put forward materials and opinions on the innocence, light crime or reduction or exemption of criminal responsibility of criminal suspects and defendants according to facts and laws, so as to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.