In many cases, the detainee may receive a letter. However, the exact availability of letters, as well as the manner and conditions under which they are received, may vary from country to country and from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Below we will ** the question of whether the detainees can receive the letters.
Netizen consultation:
Can a detainee receive a letter?
Lawyer answers:
Detainees can receive letters. If a detainee has a letter, he or she will generally be notified in writing within 48 hours. During the period of detention, with the consent of the case-handling organ and the approval of the public security organs, prisoners may communicate and meet with their close relatives, but correspondence shall be inspected by the prison.
The circumstances under which they will be detained are as follows:
1. Those who are preparing to commit a crime, committing a crime, or being discovered immediately after committing a crime;
2. The victim or a person who witnessed the crime identified him as having committed the crime;
3. Evidence of a crime is found in the vicinity or residence;
4. Attempting suicide, escaping, or being on the run after committing a crime;
5. There is a possibility of destroying or fabricating evidence or colluding confessions;
6. Do not tell the real name and address, and the identity is unknown;
7. There is a major suspicion of committing a crime on the go, committing a crime multiple times, or committing a crime in a group.
[Legal basis].
Prison Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 47: Convicts may correspond with others while serving their sentences, but correspondence shall be inspected by the prison. Prisons may withhold letters that hinder the rehabilitation of offenders. Letters written by convicts to the higher authorities of the prison and to the judicial organs are not subject to inspection.
Author: Fa Que Consulting.
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