(Clearwisdom.net) The truth that is hidden behind the CCP's "civilized" Hunan Province Women's Prison is worse than a nightmare. Hundreds of innocent Hunan Falun Gong practitioners are tormented mentally and physically, brainwashed, and tortured at that prison. They are not allowed family visits, are strictly monitored around the clock, forced into slave labor, and more. Some could no longer bear the physical and mental torture and passed away before their appointed time. Some suffered a mental collapse because of the persecution. The real situation is completely the opposite from what Deputy Warden Zhao Lan boasts. The Hunan Province Women's Prison is a living hell and is bent on destroying morality, justice, and all that makes humans human.
The information below is only a small sample of what goes on here. Recording the evildoings at the Hunan Province Women's Prison in its persecution of practitioners would require more paper than exists to record them all.
Using Prisoners to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners
When assigned to the "mutual supervision team," Hunan Province Women's Prison orders inmates to strictly supervise and persecute Falun Gong practitioners. Due to brainwashing and the promise of reduced prison terms, these prisoners changed from passively to actively assisting in the persecution. They even volunteer to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. They are sliding down into the abyss, becoming daily more and more depraved.
Encouraged by the prison guards, Zhang Genlin from Lianyuan inhumanly abused practitioner Ms. Xie Shuihua, a practitioner over 60 years old from Guiyang County in the Chenzhou District who was illegally sentenced to three years and imprisoned around June 2004, both mentally and physically. After Ms. Xie was taken to the brainwashing session on the first floor of the guardhouse, Zhang Genlin continued to create trouble. In the corridor Zhang pushed Ms. Xie without provocation into the iron railings of the corridor. She lost her breath and had difficulties breathing for a long time. Zhang Genlin told her, "Do you know who I am? I am a gangster!"
In the past, Zhang Genlin's family members were the leaders of a gangster organization operating in and around Xinhua and Lianyuan. Some of the family members were executed, and all the others are in prison. Under the orders of Li Chunhui, the guard in charge of the Education and "Transformation" Team ("The Education and Transformation Brigade" was set up in March 2005. It is in charge of "education" and "transformation" in Team 1, Team 2, and the Old Age Team), Zhang Genlin used many cruel methods to persecute practitioners. Because Zhang persecuted Falun Gong practitioners without mercy, the prison commuted this evil prisoner's sentence, and Zhang was released in July 2005
Depraved Police Guard Li Chunhui
Some of the crimes committed by the police guards at Hunan Province Women's Prison are worse than the crimes of the prisoners.
As soon as practitioner Ms. Xie Shuihua arrived at the prison, she refused to wear the prisoner's uniform. The prisoners then stripped her and the chief guard, Li Chunhui, from the Education and "Transformation" Team did not stop this unlawful act. Instead, she ordered Liu Qin from Yueyang (this prisoner is extremely vicious and teaches a "special class" during which he slanders Dafa. Falun Gong practitioners and the prisoners who monitor the practitioners have to attend this class) to take photos with a digital camera and then show the photos to other practitioners. Li wanted to start the rumor that Ms. Xie was without honor, as she was not wearing clothes. Li Chunhui also colluded with psychologist "Dr. Huang," who was in that prison for a special group research project, to accuse Ms. Xie Shuihua of having a mental problem. They used this to attack Falun Gong.
As the leader for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners, Li Chunhui's evildoings and cell phone number have been published on the Minghui/Clearwisdom website many times. Yet, Li Chunhui continues her depraved behavior and has not stopped persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Once during a "meeting" with practitioners, Li Chunhui shamelessly said, "I receive calls on my cell phone every day and am annoyed with you practitioners daily. You said that I persecuted this one and that one. Who have I persecuted? I am persecuted, I am harassed, and I am a victim!"
Deputy Warden Zhao Lan Immersed in Hypocrisy
On the surface, Deputy Warden Zhao Lan of the Hunan Province Women's Prison is a kind person. Yet, she is the instigator of all sorts of mental and physical persecution of Falun Gong practitioners detained in the prison. To deceive and threaten practitioners to renounce their belief, Zhao Lan, who is a psychology major, stops at no evil or method in the persecution of practitioners.
Zhao Lan shows different behavior with different people. Some prisoners see her as a warden with "empathy," who is not arrogant. She announces that prison affairs must be "just, fair, and open." During celebrations and events, such as the Lunar New Year, she kindly gives prisoners a red envelop with the message "Wishing you advancement in 'transformation'" or "Gain a new life soon" and so on. Practitioners she believes to be good subjects for "transformation," are "taken care of" in subtle ways. When the practitioner's family members visit, she "grants special privileges." She takes the practitioner and family to a dinner. When she attends meetings outside the prison, she calls on or "visits" the family members of local practitioners who are detained in the prison. After she returns, she immediately goes to the Education and "Transformation" Team to assure that this practitioner is treated "with special care."
However when the practitioner refuses to renounce her belief, Zhao Lan shows her true character and lets fall the hypocritical veil. She orders physical and mental torture of this practitioner. In order to indoctrinate hatred towards Dafa and practitioners in police officers and prisoners and to make them voluntary tools in the persecution of practitioners, she orders everyone to watch videotapes that slander Dafa frequently. To "transform" practitioners, Zhao Lan initiated a brainwashing program and a "strict discipline" team. She set up an "Education and 'Transformation' Team" for brainwashing practitioners as soon as she had been taught this method in another prison.
She instigates and orders physical and mental tortures of practitioners; the methods are too numerous to mention. Deng Cheng, the former head of the police uniform team 7 (who has since been promoted to the chief of the production section in the police uniform factory) ordered the prisoners to brutally drag Ms. Mo Xiaoyan, a practitioner from Yueyang City from the fourth floor of the prison cells to the ground floor and then from the ground floor to the workshop. Her pants were torn, and her buttocks injured. Ms. Yan Hong from Changsha was subject to different tortures for continuing to practice Dafa and opposing the persecution. Ms. Yan was even once locked in a very small and completely dark confinement cell for two and a half months, with the excuse of "strict discipline." Ms. Yan was handcuffed at all times and forced to participate in "physical training." Ms. Zhou Yunxia from Yiyang, who was released on November 1, 2005, became mentally unstable due to the persecution. Ms. Jia Cuiying from Jishou was tormented until she was found to have lung cancer. She passed away in June 2004, only four months after she was released on medical parole. The torments suffered by all firm Falun Dafa practitioners are too numerous to be recorded in this article. Everyone can testify to the criminal acts committed by Zhan Lan and others.
The persecution of practitioners is still going on in Hunan Province Women's Prison, which has strictly blocked outgoing information, so the outside does not know what is going on inside the prison. They fear deeply that their evil acts during the persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners will be exposed. What is known today is far from the complete truth of the persecution practitioners suffer in that prison..
Other Illegal Activities Behind the Walls of the "Civilized Prison"
In August 2004, Hunan Province Women's Prison was selected to be the "Province's Most Modernized and Civilized Prison." However, people in the know understand just how the prison obtained the "civilized prison" title. The prison authorities deceived and presented a false face to the outside. There are many illegal activities taking place inside.
To further their economic benefits, the women's prison does not consider the physical or mental health of detainees and violates prison rules about overtime work. Several of the teams work daily more than ten hours, which is far above the normal working hours set by law. Prisoners are given only short rest periods. Some squadrons begin work at 6 a.m., and the detainees have breakfast in the workshop, work through noon (they are not allowed to go back to the cell for a rest), and keep working late into the evening. They finish work as early as 9 or 10 p.m. or as late as 11 p.m. or midnight. There are times the prisoners work through the night. Prisoners complain continuously.
In this environment of long term hard labor, long working hours, and a lack of healthy spiritual guidance, many of the detainees develop serious mental disorders.
The Changfeng No. 5 Team of Prison Area No. 3 (former the Printing and Binding Team) is printing pirated books, such as advanced technological and professional books and adult books. The prison keeps silent about these ongoing activities.
Some police officer often accept bribes from prisoners and family members. Then they use their authority to reduce prison terms for prisoners or provide "venues" for parole. Many prisoners admit that Zhao Lan is their "partner in crime." These people are given easy workloads, such as "prisoner on duty." These prisoners will be the first to be considered for a reduction in term and parole.
It is no secret that since Zhao Lan became deputy warden, prisoner suicides and fights happen much more frequently.
Request from Falun Gong Practitioners to the Outside World
"Please, expose the evildoings of the women's prison on the Internet! Let the whole world know of our plight!" This is the request of every Falun Gong practitioner illegally detained in Hunan Province Women's Prison. Despite the inhuman, depraved, and evil environment, practitioners are persevering, are firm in their belief, and maintain a strong will and purpose. Their ability to continue to maintain such standards is beyond an ordinary's person imagination. At the same time, they ask all kind-people worldwide to help them in their hour of need and to end this persecution soon.
Appendix 1
Partial list of Falun Gong practitioners detained in the "Education and 'Transformation' Team No. 2" (this team especially detains "untransformed" practitioners) of Hunan Province Women's Prison, listed by hometown:
Changsha: Yan Hong, Peng Taoxiu, Kang Ruiqi, Zhao Lianqin
Chenzhou: Cao Lianying, Cao Lianfang (younger sister of Cao Lianying), Quan Yingzi, Xie Shuihua (Guiyang County)
Yueyang: Miao Cui (illegal sentenced to six years), Liu Bilian, Li Lianchun, Lou Yali, Wang Ping
Huaihua: Tang Qingying (sentenced to seven and a half years), Xiao Guiying (sentenced to eight years), Liu Shirong, Zhou Hongxia
Zhuzhou: Chen Ying, Zhang Hejun
Lowde: Li Guiying, Luo Qiaoli
Hengyang Qidong: Jiang Pingtian (sentenced to eight years), Cao Cuiyun
Xiangtan: Mo Liqiong (sentenced to nine years, already sent to brainwashing sessions in the prison)
Changde: Song Zhezi
Yuanjiang: Xiao Ruilin
Hometowns unknown: Liu Lixia, He Bigang, Liu Daju, Wei Xiangbo, Liu Chunqiong, Liu Rongbei, practitioner Yu, and others
Appendix 2
Partial list and phone numbers of police guards in the Education and "Transformation" Team (prison area No. 5) of Hunan Province Women's Prison:
Warden Xiao Ping
Deputy Warden Li Chunhui (extremely vicious);
Instructor Zhang
Supervision section head Xue Fang (extremely vicious)
Education and Transform Team No. 2 (especially for detained "untransformed"
Falun Dafa practitioners):
Luo Jian, chief police guard, extremely vicious
Li Jun (this person studies psychology, is extremely vicious),
Mao (relatively vicious),
Tan Ying, Hu, and Tang
Education and "Transformation" Team No. 1 (mainly for detained "transformed" Falun
Gong practitioners):
Zhou Chan, chief police officer, extremely evil
Li Ling
Pan Liling
Education and Transform Brigade: 86-731-2323040
Li Chunhui: 86-13637311116 (Cell)
Xue Fang: 86-13787788566 (Cell)
Luo Jian: 86-13974856700 (Cell)
Zhou Chan: 86-731-6892583 (Cell)
Appendix 3
Hunan Province Women's Prison phone numbers:
Warden Zhao Xingyun, Commissar Nie Wei
Deputy Warden Zhao Lan: 86-731-2323007 (Office), 86-731-2323878 (Home),
86-13308498728 (Cell)
Prison Orientation Team: 86-731-2323710
Prison guards Tang Qingyun, Long Yanhong, and others
Release Team: 86-731-2323042
Police guards Han Lihua, chief guard; Lan; Sun; and others
Hunan Province Women's Prison Construction:
Prison Area 1 Police Uniform Factory: 86-731-2323138
Area Head Xu Chunhua, male (this person was appraised as one of Changsha's "Ten Outstanding Youths" in November 2005)
Deputy area head:Peng Hui
Prison Area 2: Xingkang Factory
Prison Area 3: Changfeng Factory: 86-731-2323138
Prison Area 4: includes the Health Department, Teaching Team, Hospital, Canteen, Audience Room
Prison Area 5: "Education and 'Transformation'" Brigade (including the Education and 'Transformation' Team 1, Team 2, and the Old Age Team)
Hunan Province Women's Prison address: No. 528 Xiangzhang Road, Yuhua
Dirstict, Changsha City, Hunan Province
Postal address: PO Box 2, Changsha City, Hunan Province, Zip code: 410004
Appendix 4
Hunan Province Prison Administrative Bureau (with jurisdiction over
Hunan Province Women's Prison):
Party Secretary and Bureau Chief Liu Wanqing: 86-731-4592781 (Office)
Deputy Secretary of the Party and Political Commissar Zhang Shiming: 86-731-4592782 (Office)
Deputy Director Li Yunfeng, in charge of transforming the inmates: 86-731-4592780 (Office), 86-731-4592233 (Home), 86-13908463868 (Cell)
Deputy Director Peng Xianhong: 86-731-4592784 (Office)
Deputy Director Luo Maozhi: 86-731-4592689 (Office)
