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by Terr_ 395 days ago
IANAL but there are different categories like "detained" [reasonable suspicion, for questioning] and "arrested" [probable cause], and that's why the common advice is to just ask "am I free to go", which doesn't get bogged-down on finer-grained distinctions about why you might no be.
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Yes chained ("detained") in a jail cell, but not arrested, so no right to lawyer.