According to China's "Public Security Administration Punishment Law", public security organs can charge meals to people during administrative detention; The standard of meals is determined according to the per capita consumption expenditure level of local urban residents, and the maximum charge per person per day is 10 yuan. The specific charging standards are determined by the municipal price bureaus and finance bureaus, and reported to the Provincial Planning Commission and the Finance Department for the record. This means that people in administrative detention need to pay a certain amount of food expenses, but there is a clear upper limit to ensure that the expenses are within a reasonable range.
The cost composition of administrative detention;
1, meals: according to local regulations, the daily meals provided by the detention center for detainees;
2. Daily necessities: including toothpaste, toothbrushes, towels and other daily necessities;
3. Medical expenses: the medical expenses incurred by the detained person in need of medical treatment during his detention;
4. Other expenses: It may include the expenses incurred in the detention center, such as communication fees and books and newspapers.
To sum up, according to the provisions of China's Law on Public Security Administration Punishment, people in administrative detention need to pay meals, but the maximum cost per person per day is 10 yuan to ensure that the expenses are within a reasonable range.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law
Article 107
If the punished person refuses to accept the decision on administrative detention and applies for administrative reconsideration or brings an administrative lawsuit, he may apply to the public security organ for suspending the execution of administrative detention. If the public security organ thinks that the suspension of administrative detention will not cause social danger, the punished person or his near relatives shall provide a guarantor who meets the conditions stipulated in Article 108 of this Law, or pay a deposit according to the standard of 200 yuan per day for administrative detention, and the punishment decision of administrative detention shall be suspended.