Family members generally can't meet the defendant until the judgment takes effect.
In the above situation, don't panic first. Your relatives and friends may be suspected of committing a crime, but only suspected. No one can be found guilty without a court ruling according to law. You can know the situation from the public security organ or procuratorate handling the case. According to the law, summons and detention shall not exceed 12 hours, and criminal suspects shall not be detained in disguised form by summons or detention. After detaining a person, the public security organ shall notify the detainee's family or his unit within 24 hours of the reason and place of detention, unless it hinders the investigation or cannot inform him.
If your relatives and friends are sent to the detention center, you should entrust a lawyer for him, because the lawyer can enter the detention center to meet him and understand the case. According to the law, hired lawyers can also get bail for arrested criminal suspects.
. In view of the characteristics of criminal proceedings in China, and the fact that extorting confessions by torture or other things that infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects occur from time to time in the investigation process of public security organs at this stage, I think the sooner a criminal case is filed, the better it will be for the final handling of the case.