Can I see my family in criminal detention?
If the case is under investigation, you can only entrust a lawyer to meet. After the investigation period, family members can meet. Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law: A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time. Article 34 The communication between criminals and their close relatives living in China must be approved by the case-handling organ, and the request for a meeting must be approved by the public security organ at or above the county level or the competent bureau or director of the state security organ. Meetings and correspondence between criminals and their close relatives living in Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan Province Province and foreign countries, or between criminals of foreign nationality and their close relatives, guardians and members of embassies and consulates in China must be approved by the public security departments and bureaus of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or the national security departments and bureaus. Thirty-fifth meeting with criminals shall not exceed once a month, and each meeting shall not exceed half an hour, and each meeting shall not exceed three close relatives. During the meeting, there should be case handlers and guards at the scene to monitor. Foreign criminals, ethnic minority criminals and deaf-mute criminals must also have translators hired by the case-handling organ present. During the meeting, it is forbidden to talk about the case, not to talk in code, and not to pass things privately. In violation of the provisions, do not listen to stop, shall be ordered to immediately stop the meeting.