The detention center is the organ that detains criminal suspects who have been arrested and detained according to law; Therefore, in the detention center, there are generally many suspects who have not committed a crime, and the suspects in the detention center cannot see their relatives before they are sentenced. The task of the detention center is to put the criminal suspects in custody on armed alert according to national laws, ensure safety, educate the criminal suspects, manage their life and health, and ensure the smooth progress of investigation, prosecution and trial.
legal ground
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 83 When a public security organ detains a person, it must produce a detention permit.
After detention, the detained person shall be immediately sent to the detention center for custody, and shall not exceed twenty-four hours. Unless it is impossible to notify or the notification of suspected crimes endangering national security or terrorist activities may hinder the investigation, the family members of the detained person shall be notified within 24 hours after detention. After the circumstances that hinder the investigation disappear, the family members of the detained person shall be notified immediately.
Can prisoners make phone calls in the detention center?
1, which is not allowed by law, because the criminal suspect is not allowed to have any external contact before the case is over, so he can only call the police on his behalf. All cases related to the law are not allowed to inform the criminal suspect. Therefore, prisoners in detention centers must obtain the consent of the relevant departments before making phone calls.
If a criminal suspect is detained in a detention center, he can call his family with the consent of the case-handling organ according to the regulations, but it is generally not allowed without major problems.
2. While in custody, criminals may communicate and meet with their close relatives with the consent of the case-handling organ and the approval of the public security organ.
Measures for the administration of execution of punishment by criminals in detention centers
Article 51 A criminal may correspond with his relatives, friends or guardians. The detention center shall check the letters of criminals, and may detain the letters that hinder the reform of criminals. Letters written by criminals to higher authorities and judicial organs of detention centers are not subject to inspection. Forty-eighth with the approval of the leaders of the detention center, criminals can use the designated fixed telephone to talk to their relatives, friends and guardians; Criminals of foreign nationalities can also talk to their embassies (consulates) in China. The telephone bill is borne by the criminal himself.