From January 01, 2018: Detainees Are Allowed to Meet Relatives

The Law stipulates that a detainee is allowed to meet with relatives once per month; a temporarily held individual is permitted to meet with relatives once during the detention period and once during each extension period of the detention; each meeting time shall not exceed one hour.

In cases where the detainee or temporarily held individual is under 18 years old, the number of visiting times is doubled compared to those who are 18 years old or older.

Regarding the policies for temporarily held and detained individuals, the Law stipulates that a detained individual may receive gifts from relatives no more than three times per month.

For temporarily held individuals, the maximum is once during the detention period, if the detention is extended, they may receive gifts once for each extension.

According to the Law on Temporary Detention and Custody, the quantity of food and drink items in each gift delivery shall not exceed three times the standard daily meal allowance.

Temporarily held and detained individuals are also entitled to medical examination and treatment policies, and disease prevention and control policies.

In cases of illness, disease, or injury, they shall receive examination and treatment at the medical facility of the detention center. If the illness or injury exceeds the capacity of the detention center's medical facility, they shall be transferred to a district, provincial, military hospital, or central hospital for examination and treatment.

Notably, temporarily held and detained individuals are allowed to meet with relatives, legal counsel, and representatives to conduct civil transactions.

According to this Law, homosexual individuals, transgender individuals, pregnant women, or women with children under 36 months old who are staying together, individuals with Group A infectious diseases, individuals sentenced to death, and individuals showing signs of mental illness or another disease that impairs their cognitive or behavioral control but have not yet been assessed, are awaiting assessment results, or are awaiting transfer to a mandatory treatment facility, may be arranged to be held in separate cells.

Source: Lao Dong Newspaper

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