1, the object of detention is different, and the detention center holds people who violate the law on public security administration punishment and are therefore subject to administrative detention; The detention center detains criminal suspects and defendants who have been criminally detained or arrested according to law;
2. Their residence time is different. A person detained in a detention center may be released on bail pending trial or arrested; The longest detention time in detention center is 15 days;
They have different rights to meet each other. People detained in detention centers can see their families. People detained in detention centers are not allowed to meet their families, but they can meet their lawyers;
4. They are different in nature. The detention center holds people who have been punished by administrative detention, so the detention center is the state administrative detention organ; The detention center holds criminal suspects and defendants who have been arrested and detained according to law, as well as convicted criminals whose remaining sentence is less than one year, so the detention center has the nature of a criminal detention institution;
They have different purposes. Detention center is a place where criminals and major criminal suspects are temporarily detained, and it is an organ that detains criminals who have been arrested and criminally detained according to law. Detention in a detention center is a punishment for short-term restriction of personal freedom for those who seriously violate civil legal norms.
Legal basis: Article 81 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Criminal suspects and defendants who have evidence to prove the facts of the crime and may be sentenced to more than fixed-term imprisonment shall be arrested if bail pending trial is not enough to prevent the following social dangers:
(a) New crimes may be committed;
(two) there is a real danger of endangering national security, public safety or social order;
(three) may destroy or falsify evidence, interfere with the testimony of witnesses or collusion;
(4) It is possible to take revenge on the victim, prosecutor or accuser;
(5) attempting to commit suicide or escape.
When approving or deciding to arrest, the nature, circumstances, confession and lighter punishment of the criminal suspect and defendant should be taken as factors to consider whether social danger may occur.
If there is evidence to prove that there are criminal facts, it may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years, or if there is evidence to prove that there are criminal facts, it may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years, or if there is intentional crime or the identity is unknown, it shall be arrested.
If the circumstances are serious, a criminal suspect or defendant who has been released on bail pending trial or under residential surveillance may be arrested.