Legal analysis: lawyers can be hired during criminal detention. After a criminal case is put on file, the criminal suspect may hire a lawyer to provide legal assistance from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or compulsory measures are taken. In order to fully protect this right of criminal suspects, investigators should inform criminal suspects that they have the right to entrust lawyers during interrogation.
Legal basis: Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). 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.
Article 64 When a public security organ detains a person, it must produce a detention permit.