The guards incited the criminals to brutally beat the Falun Gong practitioners when they protested against the persecution. They also forced the practitioners to do slave labor. Falun Gong practitioner Li Weihua staged a hunger strike to protest the persecution. The guards tied her to the "death bed" for two weeks, causing Li Weihua's muscles around her waist to become necrotic. They also forcefully injected drugs into her body which damaged her central nervous system, causing her to lose her memory and not be able to sleep, and also causing pain all over her body. Ms. Li was also frequently insulted and beaten by the criminal inmates. The prison's police captain, Sun Fengyun, ordered criminal inmate Huang Dongmei to stuff a dirty sock into Li Weihua's mouth. Li Weihua's mouth immediately started to bleed from the abuse. Later, police officer Tian Weiwei brutally beat Li Weihua in front of other inmates because Li Weihua had shouted, "Falun Dafa is good!" Criminal inmate Fan Yongbi scratched Li Weihua's face, leaving a deep scar. The crimes described above are just a small sampling of the persecution experienced by practitioners in the Seventh Division of Yang'ai Prison.
The practitioners who have been persecuted in the Seventh Division of Yang'ai Prison in Guizhou Province include: Chen Yuanxiu, Wang Yaqun, Li Yi, Li Yuling, Liu Shuling, Zhang Lei, Wang Shangchun, Yan Zhongfen, Qu Jing, Zhao Chunxia, Guan Shengcai, Li Weihua, Lei Zhifen, Liu Ling, Luo Qinxian, Tang Wenping, Chen Hua, Xu Jiarong, Chen Yan, Shi Zuohui, Deng Guixian, Wu Xuelan, Wen Ronghua, Yan Chengli, He Tianfen, Yu Yan, Mo Daiqiong, Lan Jun, Jiang Zuqun, Li Ping and others.