a. How long does it take for a lawyer to meet with a prisoner?
Lawyer meeting is no restriction on the lawyer meeting time, the lawyer can according to the case need to arrange their own lawyer meeting time. As a professional criminal cases, we generally meet with the first time in 2-3 hours, of course, some of the cases are simple will be controlled within 2 hours. In addition, encountered particularly complex criminal cases, continuous meeting 2 days is more common. There is no law in China that specifies the time for a lawyer to meet with a prisoner. It only stipulates that defense lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders with the permission of the people's court, the people's procuratorate, can also meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody.
Second, the lawyer meets with the prisoner related laws and regulations
"Chinese people's **** and state criminal procedure law" article 39
Defense lawyers can meet and correspond with the detained criminal suspects and defendants. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's court or people's procuratorate, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Where a defense counsel holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a certificate of a law firm and a power of attorney or an official letter of legal aid requesting a meeting with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall promptly arrange for the meeting, which shall not exceed forty-eight hours at the latest. Endangering national security crimes, terrorist activity crime cases, during the investigation of defense lawyers to meet with the detained criminal suspects, shall be permitted by the investigating authorities. In the above cases, the investigating authority shall notify the detention center in advance. When a defense lawyer meets with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he or she may learn about the case and provide legal advice, etc.; from the date of transfer of the case for examination and prosecution, he or she may verify the relevant evidence with the criminal suspect or defendant. A defense lawyer's meeting with a criminal suspect or defendant shall not be monitored. The provisions of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall apply to defense lawyers meeting and corresponding with criminal suspects and defendants under residential surveillance.
In criminal proceedings, the role of lawyers is very obvious, it can meet with criminal suspects, but also with criminals serving their sentences. In the regulations on lawyers' meeting with convicts serving prison sentences, the conditions for lawyers to meet with convicts serving prison sentences, the meeting procedures and the required information were clarified. In the new regulations, the limitation on the number of people who can meet with a lawyer has been canceled, and the sentenced person can meet with more than two lawyers at one time. Moreover, the regulation makes it clear that lawyers cannot be bugged during their meetings.
Lawyers meet with prisoners in order to understand the real situation of the case, in order to better help the parties to safeguard their rights and interests, so lawyers meet with prisoners is more than necessary, and the role is very large, and the number of lawyers to meet with the number of lawyers can meet with two lawyers at the same time.