Legal analysis: detention is in a detention center. 1, about detainees. A person detained in a detention center is a person who has been administratively detained for violating the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment or who has been decided by a people's court to judicial custody according to law. The detention center holds criminal suspects and defendants who have been criminally detained and arrested according to law. In addition, criminals sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of less than one year, or criminals whose remaining sentence is less than one year, can also serve their sentences in detention centers. 2. About the time of detention. A person detained in a detention center may be released on bail pending trial, under residential surveillance, or may approve arrest. The longest time from criminal detention to approval of arrest is 37 days. A criminal case may take more than three months from investigation to judgment, or it may take about one year, depending on the specific case. The maximum detention time in the detention center is 15 days, which will be determined according to the seriousness of the violation of discipline. 3. About the right to meet. People detained in detention centers can see their families. According to the regulations of detention center, detainees have the right to meet and communicate, so family members can visit them, as long as they apply to the detention center. People detained in detention centers are not allowed to meet their families, but they can meet with lawyers.
Legal basis: Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), defense lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to ask for a meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest. In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers should obtain permission from the investigation organ when meeting with the criminal suspect in custody during the investigation. The investigation organ shall notify the detention center of the above situation in advance. When a defense lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he can understand the case and provide legal advice. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence may be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers are not monitored when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants. The provisions of the first, third and fourth paragraphs shall apply to the meetings and correspondence between defense lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants who are under surveillance.