(Minghui.org) The Jilin Province Women’s Prison has been used to jail female Falun Gong practitioners since the Chinese communist regime initiated the persecution of the ancient spiritual discipline in 1999. Several practitioners have been persecuted to death in prison and many others became disabled as a result of the brutal torture.

After Qian Wei became the prison warden in 2020, she personally instigated inmates to do whatever it took to transform newly admitted practitioners. The frequently used torture methods include starvation, sitting on a small stool, and deprivation of restroom use, sleep, and showers. The practitioners are also exposed to the cold and doused with cold water while changing clothes, subjected to brainwashing sessions, and not allowed to make calls to or be visited by their families.

Yu Xuewei is one of the inmates involved in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Yu had practiced Falun Gong for a short while but did not follow Falun Gong’s teachings. She was sentenced to life for beating a person to death. She blamed Falun Gong for her actions and hated Falun Gong practitioners who remained steadfast in their faith.

Practitioners Ms. Zang Zhongmei and Ms. Wang Fengzhi were tortured by Yu. They were deprived of sleep, forced to sit on a small stool for a long time, exposed to the cold in the winter, forced to wear frozen shoes, and had soiled menstrual pads stuffed in their mouths. Ms. Zang was once forced to stand for many hours on a small stool without moving and beaten with a toilet brush. Yu forced those who have transformed to swear at Falun Gong and Falun Gong’s founder or she would deem their conversion to be false.

Cases of Practitioners Tortured

There are several cells, namely 111, 211, 311, and 411, that are used to transform practitioners who refused to renounce their faith. Different torture methods are customized for different practitioners. Five to six inmates would surround a practitioner and torture her. Inmates who are assigned as “Special Inmates” to torture practitioners are free to use any torture means possible and do not have to bear any responsibilities if the practitioner died.

Ms. Fu Guihua

Ms. Fu Guihua, a resident of Changchun City, was sentenced to 7.5 years on February 26, 2021, and died on July 25 that year, only two months after she was admitted to Jilin Women’s Prison on May 27. She was 55.

She was first held in quarantine on the first floor for two weeks and later transferred to the third floor. When she still refused to give up Falun Gong after spending 43 days in cell 310, Qian transferred her to cell 311 for more intensified persecution.

According to an insider, inmate Guo Lihua in cell 310 forced Ms. Fu to sit on a six-inch-tall stool with an uneven surface every day for over 12 hours. She put a piece of paper between Ms. Fu’s legs and would verbally abuse her if the paper fell. Ms. Fu’s buttocks began to bleed and fester. The back of her pants was covered with stains.

Guo also forbade Ms. Fu from drinking water during the hot summer. Ms. Fu was so thirsty that it was difficult for her to eat. Only then would Guo give her a small sip of water. Some practitioners were so thirsty that they rushed out of the cell in the middle of the night and drank the water used for cleaning.

After Ms. Fu was transferred to room 311, inmate Lyu Xinmiao deprived her of sleep and continued to bar her from drinking water. Ms. Fu passed away in three days.

At 1 a.m. on July 25, 2021, the day Ms. Fu died, inmate Ji Kexin (a 16-year-old convicted murderer) bragged to another inmate at the end of her shift that she didn’t allow Ms. Fu to close her eyes for an hour and a half.

By 3 a.m., Ms. Fu was carried out of the cell and she died later that evening. It’s unclear what Qian and inmate Lyu did to her from 1 to 3 a.m.

Qian forced every inmate in cell 310 to write a false testimony that “Ms. Fu died of a medical condition, which she kept to herself without telling the guards.” Some of them were forced to sign up to six copies of the false documents.

When Ms. Fu’s family called Gao Yang, the deputy head of the 8th ward, the day before she died, Gao still claimed that she was doing fine, without mentioning a word about her being tortured.

When Ms. Fu was imprisoned, the prison refused to allow her family to visit her. After she died, the authorities forbade her family from seeing her body, even after it was transferred to the Chaoyanggou Funeral Home.

The prison also refused to provide reports of Ms. Fu’s physical exams, medical records, and the surveillance video before her death. Her family hired a lawyer to seek justice, but the lawyer’s local justice bureau was pressured to order him to not take the case. The officials at the prison administration office also refused to meet with the lawyer.

The prison initially claimed that Ms. Fu died of cirrhosis of the liver, with the excuse that Ms. Fu mentioned she had the disease more than twenty years ago before taking up Falun Gong, ignoring the fact that the disease had long disappeared after she started practicing Falun Gong.

Now the prison has changed the cause of her death to gastrointestinal bleeding. With no access to her body, her family could not even order an independent autopsy to investigate the real cause of her death. What they could confirm was that Ms. Fu didn’t die of a natural disease, but was tortured by the inmates. It’s not clear whether her body has yet been cremated.

Ms. Dang Yanhua

Ms. Dang Yanhua from Jilin City was tortured in cell 211 for more than 40 days. The inmates didn’t allow her to use the restroom, causing her to often wet her pants. The inmates pulled a blanket over and told her to relieve herself on the blanket. They also told her to urinate in a rice bowl.

The inmates also stripped Ms. Dang’s clothes and tore her underwear. They pinned her to the ground and doused her with cold water fetched from the toilet. Afterward, Ms. Dang was forced to sit on a small stool. The inmates also wrote words that slandered Falun Gong on her bedsheets.

Torture illustration: Sitting on a small stool

Ms. Li Cong

Ms. Li Cong from Qingshan Township, Nong’an County was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to six years. She was sent to cell 211 and tortured. She refused to renounce her faith and shouted “Falun Dafa is good” every day.

Ms. Li was put in solitary confinement on November 23, 2020, and tortured by five inmates. They pinned her to the ground and poured cold water on her. They then left the window open to freeze her, with one inmate remaining behind to watch her while wearing warm clothes. An inmate put a poster that slandered Falun Gong beside Ms. Li’s bed and often did not allow Ms. Li to eat. She was forced to sit on a small stool without moving for 16 to 17 hours a day.

Torture illustration: Doused with cold water

On June 18, 2021, Ms. Li refused to write guarantee statements or copy propaganda documents. She was locked in solitary confinement. An inmate could be heard swearing at her in the solitary confinement room and Ms. Li’s screams while being tortured.

Inmate Tian Xiaoyun dragged Ms. Li to the hallway on July 14 and verbally abused her. Ms. Li said Tian did not allow her to eat. In retaliation, Tian dragged Ms. Li back to the room and chased all other inmates away except for Tian herself and one other inmate. Sounds of bowls smashing to the ground and screams could be heard from the room. When everyone went back to the room later, they saw that Ms. Li’s hair was wet. She was pinned to the toilet and doused with water.

Ms. Li was tortured every day. On July 20, she ran to the hallway and shouted “Falun Dafa is good; Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” Several inmates rushed out and covered her mouth before dragging her into the cell to beat her.

Ms. Li was transferred to cell 311 on July 25. This cell operated in the same way as cell 211 but had a different group of inmates to torture practitioners. Practitioner Ms. Che Pingping was also tortured in this cell.

Ms. Zhang Qiaoxiu

Ms. Zhang Qiaoxiu was sentenced to 3.5 years and sent to Jilin Women’s Prison on December 2, 2021. The temperature during winter in Changchun City was below 20 degrees Celsius. Inmate Li Mingzhu made Ms. Zhang wear a pair of pants and sit on a stool for 16 to 17 hours. Li also smashed Ms. Zhang’s bowl and did not allow her to eat or go to the restroom anytime. The long-term torture caused Ms. Zhang to become slow in her movements. She was hospitalized in July 2021, and her current condition is unknown.

Ms. Wu Shuzhen

Ms. Wu Shuzhen of Songyuan City was forced to buy 16 towels costing 18 yuan each for inmate Li. After this incident was exposed, Li had 600 points deducted.

Ms. Yu Wenyan

Ms. Yu Wenyan of Jilin City was sprayed with peppery water when she refused to wear an inmate tag or answer the roll call. An inmate verbally abused her every day and beat her. Ms. Yu was also not allowed to change her clothes when the season changed.

Ms. Chu Zhanfeng

Ms. Chu Zhanfeng was beaten by inmate Zheng Dan and locked in solitary confinement for a month.

Ms. Chi Shuling

Ms. Chi Shuling was locked in solitary confinement for three months by Zheng for not being “transformed” well enough.

Ms. Wang Xingxiang

Ms. Wang Xingxiang, who was nearly 70 years old, was deprived of sleep by inmate Wang Jiping. When Ms. Wang developed high blood pressure, she was still forced to sit on a small stool and scolded.

Ms. Che Pingping

Ms. Che Pingping was locked in solitary confinement in August 2020. She went on a hunger strike in protest. She was brutally force-fed. Every time they pulled the feeding tube out, it had blood on it.

Ms. Guo Shuxue

Ms. Guo Shuxue was beaten by inmate Zhang Min and poked with sharp objects on her hands and legs. Zhang forbade her from wearing warm clothes in the winter and made her sit on a small stool with the windows open. She was not given a full meal and had only half a bottle of water a day. She was not allowed to wash herself or buy any daily necessities.

Ms. Zhang Xueying

Ms. Zhang Xueying was forced by Zhang to sit on a small stool and humiliated when she refused to be transformed.

Ms. Lei Xiuxiang

Ms. Lei Xiuxiang was dragged to the restroom when she refused to answer the roll call. Inmate Wang Kuo sprayed her with water. When Ms. Lei shouted, Wang doused her. Inmate Cha Guang handcuffed Ms. Lei and hit her eyes until she could not see things clearly.

Ms. Zhou Yeling

Ms. Zhou Yeling was beaten by Wang, and her screams could be heard in the hallway.

Ms. Zhao Yujing

Ms. Zhao Yujing was not allowed to wash up. She was also deprived of sleep, starved, and was forced to sit on a small stool by Cha. Cha also sat on a stool across from Ms. Zhao and forced her to look at her.

Ms. Li Yazhen

Ms. Li Yazhen was not allowed to wash herself or her clothes by inmates Teng Yahui and Gong Cuijie. The inmates humiliated her when she developed a body odor. She was also forced to sit on a small stool every day from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. for a year.

Inmate Wang Shuwen made Ms. Li sit at the entrance of the hallway in the cold month of October, causing Ms. Li to shiver. Ms. Li was also restricted from drinking water or using the restroom and given very little food to eat.

When Ms. Li refused to be transformed, she was sent to level one and inmate Tian Shuhua made her sit on a small stool from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day even when having her meals. She was given very little food and restricted from drinking water and using the restroom.

Ms. Zou Shuyan

Ms. Zou Shuyan was slapped by Wang intermittently once from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Ms. Jin Yan

Ms. Jin Yan resisted the persecution. She refused to sit on a small stool, which is a painful method of torture. She was beaten several times by Wang and was locked in solitary confinement for over two months.

Ms. Liu Xiangzhuo

Ms. Liu Xiangzhuo was locked in solitary confinement by inmate Liu Pingping.

Ms. Zhao Yujing

Ms. Zhao Yujing was made to stand when she refused to answer roll calls.

Details of Inmates Involved in Torturing Practitioners

Yu Xuewei: Sentenced to life imprisonment for beating a person to death.Li Minghua: Sentenced to life imprisonment for causing intentional injury to others.Guo Lihua: Sentenced to 23 years for fraud.Zheng Dan: Sentenced to 19 years for robbery and international homicide.Tian Xiaoyun: Sentenced to 14.5 years for fraud.Wang Lina: Sentenced to 6 years and 10 months for fraud.Chang Shurong: Sentenced to 6 years for fraud.Chen Yuying: Sentenced to 12 years for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for three years.Ding Ling: Sentenced to 5 years for theft.Jin Jinshi: Sentenced to 15 years for fraud.Liu Dandan: Sentenced to 3 years for fraud.Pu Yushun: Sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking and deprivation of political rights for life.Song Guoying: Sentenced to 4.5 years for fraud.Tong Huan: Sentenced to 3.5 years for fraud.Wang Jiping: Sentenced to 7 years for fraud.Wang Qingwen: Sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property.Wang Xihua: Sentenced to 5 years for a traffic accident.Xia Jingyu: Sentenced to life imprisonment for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life.Xu Aili: Sentenced to 13 years for bribery.Yu Guihua: Sentenced to 17 years for fraud.Zhang Min: Sentenced to 14 years for fraud.Wang Kuo: Sentenced for economic crime.Cha Guang: Sentenced for economic crime.Teng Yahui: Crime and sentence unknown.Gong Cuijie: Crime and sentence unknown.Wang Shuwen: Sentenced for fraud.Liu Pingping: Sentenced for fraud.Gao Feng: Sentenced for fraud.An Haiyan: Death sentence with reprieve for drug trafficking.Tian Shuhua: Crime and sentence unknown.Li Cuiyu: Crime and sentence unknown.Dai Ying: Crime and sentence unknown.Fu Xiaodan: Crime and sentence unknown.Yang Yali: Crime and sentence unknown.Li Mingzhu: Crime and sentence unknown.Zou Lijuan: Crime and sentence unknown.Li Jian: Crime and sentence unknown.Gao Yunxia: Crime and sentence unknown.Lyu Jinmiao: Crime and sentence unknown.Ji Kexin: A 16-year-old murderer.

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