Detention center limits interview time [lawyer interview stage]

It is one of the basic rights of lawyers to meet criminal suspects and defendants, and it is also an important prerequisite for fulfilling their defense obligations. Through meetings, lawyers can effectively understand the case, verify evidence, communicate defense plans, and provide legal assistance. If the meeting time and number of meetings are limited during the meeting, it will bring certain resistance to the lawyer's work.

At present, detention centers across the country generally arrange interviews during working hours on weekdays, and some detention centers arrange interviews on holidays. Excluding the time for handling procedures, custody, etc., the actual interview time with lawyers is generally about 2 hours. For complex cases with many facts involved, it is impossible for a lawyer to grasp all the case information through just one interview. At different stages of the case, the content and purpose of the interview are different, which requires the lawyer to conduct multiple interviews.

In practice, lawyers will encounter some detention centers that, in order to ensure that every lawyer who comes to meet with them can see their client, limit the lawyer's meeting time. The intention is good, but it deprives lawyers of their right to meet, causing lawyers to You can only meet multiple times to realize your defense.

Most detention centers are located in the suburbs of cities, far away from urban areas. The above situation will undoubtedly increase the workload of lawyers, waste a certain amount of time, and easily lead to conflicts between lawyers and detention centers. FasterLawyer makes the following suggestions:

• Reasonably arrange the specific time for the meeting, make an appointment for the meeting date and time in advance, avoid meeting peak periods, and meet on time.
• Mention the need to formulate an outline for the meeting, complete the outline tasks within the meeting time, and reduce unnecessary chatting.
• You can try to communicate through the local lawyers association, especially for lawyers handling cases out of town, so that there is no limit on meeting time.