Most detention centers have fixed appointment time and place. If there is no online booking channel, you need to make an appointment at the detention center offline.
Article 37 A defense lawyer may meet and correspond with a criminal suspect or defendant 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.
When arranging a meeting, the detention center shall not attach other conditions or ask the defense lawyer to submit other documents and materials other than those prescribed by law in disguise, and shall not refuse to arrange a meeting for the defense lawyer on the grounds that he has not received the notice from the case-handling department.
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 cases of crimes endangering national security, terrorist activities and particularly serious bribery crimes, 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 detainees meet with lawyers, will the detention center supervisors watch?
In China, there are laws and regulations that can be monitored, but they cannot be monitored. The main purpose of residential surveillance is to prevent dangerous accidents, or to prevent lawyers from helping detainees contact the outside world.
And after the conclusion, lawyers shall not be required to show their conversations with detainees or other evidence documents.
When meeting with detainees and defendants, defense lawyers can learn about the relevant situation of 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.
What should lawyers pay attention to when meeting detainees?
Lawyers shall abide by the safety management regulations of the detention center, and it is forbidden to bring prohibited items into the meeting area, to bring paralegals and translators verified or recognized by the case-handling unit to attend the meeting, and to provide communication tools for criminal suspects and defendants to use or transmit prohibited items and documents.