How long can I hire a lawyer in criminal detention?

From the day when the public security organ takes compulsory measures for the first time, the criminal suspect may hire a lawyer.

Usually, if you are under criminal detention, it is recommended to hire a lawyer as soon as possible to safeguard your rights and interests. Lawyers can help detainees understand their legal rights, provide legal aid and represent detainees in court when necessary.

The applicable conditions of criminal detention mainly include:

1, applicable to flagrante delicto or major suspect;

2. Being prepared to commit a crime, committing a crime or being discovered or identified immediately after committing a crime;

3. The criminal evidence points clearly;

4. Attempted suicide, escape or escape;

5. Obstruction of testimony;

6. Real information and unidentified;

7. There is a major suspicion of committing crimes at large, committing crimes many times, and committing crimes in partnership.

To sum up, the public security organ shall interrogate the detained person within 24 hours after detention, and if it deems it necessary to arrest, it shall report to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval. After the expiration of the detention period, if the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it. The maximum period of criminal detention is 37 days.

Legal basis:

Article 91 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

If the public security organ deems it necessary to arrest the detained person, it shall submit it to the people's procuratorate for examination and approval within three days after detention. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days. For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days. The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.