Legal analysis: It should be possible to meet with prisoners without violating epidemic prevention measures. Defense lawyers may meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders may also meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody with the permission of the People's Court and People's Procuratorate. If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practicing certificate, a law firm certificate, a power of attorney, or a legal aid letter and requests to meet with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in a timely manner, no later than 48 hours.
Legal basis: Article 37 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China": Based on the facts and the law, the defender submits materials that prove that the criminal suspect or defendant is innocent, the crime is minor, or the criminal liability is reduced or exempted. and opinions, and the responsibility to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.