(Minghui.org) A Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, resident was admitted to the Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison in June 2025 to serve a 1.5-year term because she practices Falun Gong. She has since been denied family visits.
Ms. Tian Haiying, 58, was arrested on August 20, 2024. She was found to have a systolic blood pressure reading of 220 mmHg (when a normal range is 120 or lower) and was denied admission to the local detention center.
The police refused to release Ms. Tian and took her to a police-managed ward in the Jiujiang City First Hospital. She was sat on a bench with her arms and legs tied up for a week. After 15 days of administrative detention there, she was given criminal detention at the Jiujiang City Detention Center. She was then issued a formal arrest warrant by the Chaisang District Procuratorate.
The Yongxiu County Court tried Ms. Tian at the detention center on December 25, 2024 and she was later sentenced at an unknown date. She appealed to the Jiujiang City Intermediate Court, which ruled to uphold her original verdict.
Ms. Tian was transferred to the Jiangxi Province Women’s Prison on June 5, 2025. After her family found out about her prison admission, they applied to the Justice Bureau to visit her. When they heard nothing back in a few weeks, they went to the prison on July 21 and demanded to see her. The guards used various excuses to reject them, either saying they didn’t receive their request or they didn’t have enough manpower to arrange the visit.
Ms. Tian is currently held at the Nanhu branch of the prison, which is also known as Jiangxi Chengxin Industry Company and is owned by the Jiangxi Prison Enterprise Group.
This is not the first time that Ms. Tian, who once worked as a substitute teacher, has been targeted for her faith. She was previously given four forced labor terms and served three of them for about six years (the other time she was denied admission to the local labor camp due to her high blood pressure). She also served another 3.5-year prison term. Additionally, she was detained multiple times at various other facilities.
Ms. Tian’s husband Gui Xunlu divorced her while she was held at a labor camp in 2006. He barred her from contacting their daughter, who later became a lecturer at a university in Beijing. He also took possession of their marital assets and sold their house without her consent. He pocketed all the money, and she had no home to return to after she was released. She had to move in with her parents and did odd jobs to support herself. Despite her financial struggle, she still helped whomever was in need and is liked by her coworkers and manager.
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