1, the investigating authorities (public security, prosecution) interrogation room, put the table and chairs. But the suspect's chair is generally special, may be iron or stronger materials, and most of them are fixed to the ground, the chair between the two armrests will have a stall, people sit up, stalls locked, people can not stand up, and can not run away. Police and prisoners generally do not have an iron fence or tempered glass isolation.
2, the interrogation room of the detention center, chairs are specially designed, most of them are iron, fixed on the ground, the chair between the two armrests have a file plate, people sit up, the file plate lock, people can not stand up, the police and the prisoners are generally between the iron fence or tempered glass isolation. The investigating authorities may sometimes use different interrogation rooms depending on the suspect. A looser interrogation room is an ordinary room with ordinary tables and chairs. Do not think that the interrogation room are arranged like the torture of Sister Jiang execution room, nowadays, human rights, interrogation room can not be seen torture instruments, the law also does not allow the prisoners to torture to force confessions.
Legal basis
Procedural Provisions for the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs
Chapter VIII Investigation
Section 2 Interrogation of Suspects
Article 193 The public security organs of the suspects of the crimes that do not need to be detained or arrested, with the approval of the person in charge of the department in which the case is being handled, may summon the suspects to a designated place within the city or county where they are located, or to their residence for interrogation. or to his place of residence for questioning.
Article 194 When a criminal suspect is summoned, he shall be presented with a summoning card and the investigator's working papers, and shall be ordered to sign and put his fingerprints on the summoning card.
After the arrival of a criminal suspect, he or she shall fill in the time of arrival on the summons. At the end of the summons, the summons shall be filled in by the end of the time on the summons. If the suspect refuses to fill in, the investigator shall indicate on the summons.
The criminal suspect found at the scene, the investigator, upon presentation of work documents, may orally summon and inform the summoned person of the reason and basis of the summoning. The manner of the suspect's arrival shall be noted in the interrogation transcript, and the suspect shall indicate the time of arrival and the end of the summons.
Criminal suspects who voluntarily surrender to the public security authorities or are referred to them by the public may be summoned in accordance with the law.
Article 195 The duration of the summons shall not exceed twelve hours. Where the case is particularly serious or complex and detention or arrest measures are required, with the approval of the head of the department handling the case, the duration of the summons shall not exceed twenty-four hours. A suspect may not be detained in the form of successive summonses in disguise.
Where the summons expires without a decision to take other coercive measures, the summons shall be terminated immediately.
Article 196 In summoning, detaining and interrogating a criminal suspect, the suspect's diet and necessary rest time shall be guaranteed and recorded.
Article 197 Interrogation of criminal suspects must be conducted by investigators. At the time of interrogation, there shall be no fewer than two investigators.
Interrogation of criminal suspects in the same case shall be conducted individually.
Article 198 When interrogating a criminal suspect, the investigator shall first ask the suspect whether he has committed a crime and inform him of the legal provision that a truthful confession of his crime may lead to a lighter or mitigated punishment, and allow him to state the circumstances of his guilt or a plea of innocence, and then put questions to him.
The suspect shall answer truthfully to the investigator's questions. But he has the right to refuse to answer questions that are not related to the case.
The first interrogation shall ask the suspect's name, alias, former name, date of birth, place of domicile, place of current residence, place of origin, place of birth, nationality, occupation, education level, family situation, social experience, whether he belongs to the National People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), whether he has been subjected to criminal punishment or administrative treatment.
Article 199 In the interrogation of a criminal suspect who is deaf or mute, a person who is conversant with deaf or mute signs shall attend, and the deafness or mute condition of the criminal suspect shall be noted on the interrogation transcript, as well as the name, work unit and occupation of the interpreter.
Interpreters shall be provided for the interrogation of criminal suspects who do not understand the local language and script.
Article 200 An investigator shall record the questioning and the suspect's confession or defense truthfully and clearly. Materials capable of preserving handwriting for a long period of time shall be used for making interrogation transcripts.
Article 201 The record of interrogation shall be submitted to the suspect for verification or read to him. If there are omissions or errors in the record, the suspect shall be allowed to make additions or corrections and to put his fingerprints on it. After the transcript has been checked by the suspect for accuracy, he shall sign the transcript page by page, affix his fingerprints and write on the last page, "I have read the above transcript (or it has been read to me), and it corresponds to what I have said." Refuse to sign, fingerprints, the investigator shall indicate on the transcript.
The items listed in the interrogation transcript shall be completed in accordance with the provisions. The investigator and interpreter shall sign the interrogation transcript.
Article 202 If a criminal suspect requests to write a confession on his own, he shall be allowed to do so; if necessary, the investigator may also request the criminal suspect to write the confession in his own handwriting. The suspect shall sign the confession in his own handwriting, page by page, fingerprints. After receiving it, the investigator shall write on the top right of the first page "received on such and such a month in such and such a year" and sign.
Article 203 interrogation of criminal suspects, in the written record at the same time, the interrogation process can be audio or video recording. For cases that may be sentenced to life imprisonment, death penalty or other major crimes, the interrogation process shall be audio- or video-recorded.
The "cases that may be sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty" stipulated in the preceding paragraph refers to cases in which the applicable legal penalty or sentencing level includes life imprisonment or the death penalty. The term "other major crime cases" refers to cases of serious crimes against public ****security, serious crimes against the personal rights of citizens, as well as major intentional crimes such as crimes committed by triad organizations and serious drug crimes, which result in serious injuries or deaths.
The audio or video recording of the interrogation process shall be carried out without interruption throughout each interrogation, maintaining integrity. It shall not be selectively recorded, cut or deleted.
Article 204 The public security organs shall carefully verify the facts of the crime confessed by the suspect, the facts of innocence or misdemeanor, the plea and counter-affidavit, as well as the evidence provided by the suspect to prove his innocence or misdemeanor; and the public security organs shall faithfully verify the relevant evidence, regardless of whether it is admissible or not, shall be truthfully recorded, properly stored and attached to a file together with the verification.