Detention Act Article 23

In the event of the death of a defendant’s grandparent, parent, spouse, child, sibling, or parent of spouse, the defendant may, with approval from senior detention center officials, go home for a visit under escort and then return back to the detention center within 24 hours. The duration of the visit will be counted as days of detention.The regulations in the preceding paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to a defendant who needs to go home for a visit due to a major or extraordinary incident. In such a case, the visit shall be reported to the supervisory authority and approved.Regulations governing the criteria for home visit by defendants, eligible individuals, number of visits, duration, expenses, implementation methods, approval procedures, review standards, changes or cancellation after approval, and other requirements shall be prescribed by the Ministry of Justice.