1. A confession is a record of a person who is listed as a criminal suspect or recognized as a criminal suspect. 2. The time to get the statement usually depends on the cooperation between the case and the interviewee. It usually takes 30 minutes to 2 hours, and it will be extended for several hours under special circumstances. If there is no evidence to prove illegal behavior, people must be released within 24 hours.
Legal basis: Article 55 of the Procedures for Handling Administrative Cases by Public Security Organs shall promptly ask and verify the summoned illegal suspects, and the time for asking and verifying shall not exceed eight hours; If the case is complicated and the illegal act may be punished by administrative detention according to law, the time for inquiry and verification shall not exceed twenty-four hours. It is not allowed to detain illegal suspects in disguised form by continuous summons.