Will you inform your family when you are in prison?

I will inform my family when I go to prison.

Within 24 hours after detention, the public security organ will notify the families of the detainees. Family members will also be told when they first enter the prison, and the prison will send a notice to the family members within five days after the prisoner is admitted to the prison. Is to write to inform the family. The letter generally contains information such as the crime, the number of years of imprisonment, the prison, the prison area, and the date of meeting. Visiting prison requires a valid ID card (just bring your ID card), and you don't need to go to the neighborhood Committee to issue a certificate.

The following circumstances shall be notified to the family members:

1. If summoning is applicable, the police station will make a notice of summoning family members to inform them;

2, administrative detention, will make administrative detention notice to inform the family;

3, criminal detention and extended criminal detention, criminal detention notice will be made to inform the family.

Provisions for summoning and notifying family members include the following:

1. When the public security organ summons an illegal suspect, if his family members are present, he shall verbally inform his family members of the reason and place for summoning on the spot, and indicate it in the inquiry record;

2. If the family members are not at the scene, they should call or text. If the summoned person refuses to provide the contact information of his family or there are other circumstances that cannot be notified, he may not notify, but it shall be indicated in the inquiry record.

To sum up, the family members of the detained person should be notified within 24 hours after detention, except in cases where it is impossible to notify or the notification of crimes suspected of endangering national security or terrorist activities may hinder the investigation. After the circumstances that hinder the investigation disappear, the family members of the detained person shall be notified immediately.

Legal basis:

Article 85 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

When a public security organ detains a person, it must produce a detention permit. After detention, the detained person shall be immediately sent to the detention center for custody, and shall not exceed twenty-four hours. Unless it is impossible to notify or the notification of suspected crimes endangering national security or terrorist activities may hinder the investigation, the family members of the detained person shall be notified within 24 hours after detention. After the circumstances that hinder the investigation disappear, the family members of the detained person shall be notified immediately.