1. Can I visit my friends in criminal detention?
1. Friends detained in criminal detention are not allowed to visit, and only lawyers can be entrusted to meet them.
2. Legal basis: Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law, defense lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody.
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 ask for a meeting 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.
In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers should obtain permission from 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.
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.
The provisions of the first, third and fourth paragraphs shall apply to the meetings and correspondence between defense lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants who are under surveillance.
Second, what should I do if I am detained in criminal detention?
1. If the public security organ or procuratorate restricts the personal freedom of your relatives and friends, according to the law, the summons or compulsory summons shall generally not exceed 12 hours, and you shall not be detained in disguised form by continuous summons or compulsory summons. If a person is detained in criminal detention, he/she shall notify his/her family or the unit where he/she works within 24 hours, except for three types of circumstances that hinder investigation or cannot be notified.
2. Close relatives have the right to know. Whether it is a notice of criminal detention by telephone or email, you can ask the case handlers about the alleged charges and the location of the detention center.
If you are under criminal detention or arrested, only a lawyer can see you. According to the existing law, family members or friends can't meet criminal suspects, only when they attend court meetings. During this period, only lawyers are entrusted to enter the detention center to meet with criminal suspects or defendants. Lawyers can enter the detention center to learn the following information: whether your relatives and friends were tortured to extract confessions, whether they were bullied or abused by fellow prisoners, provide them with legal advice and help, learn about the crimes and cases involved, feedback the concerns and hopes of relatives and friends, and their situation inside, get bail on their behalf, appeal or accuse on their behalf, and so on.
Therefore, after a friend is detained in criminal detention, he can find a professional lawyer to help him understand the case when he wants to help him but doesn't know what to do and can't visit him.