(Clearwisdom.net) The Guangdong Women's Prison is alleged to be the most "civilized and advanced" women's prison under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of China, but this prison is the epitome of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which was born of lies.
At the prison, the Fourth Division takes the lead in persecuting Falun Gong
practitioners. Every practitioner that is sent to the prison is initially placed
in the Fourth Division. The 610 Office and Division Chief Yi Lihong
lead a modern day Gestapo to torture practitioners. They induce, encourage and
allow criminal inmates to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. They have adopted
the following methods of persecution and torture: deceit, threats, brainwashing,
starvation, forcing practitioners to stand, sit or squat motionless for long
periods of time, monitoring practitioners twenty-four hours a day, sleep
deprivation, electric shocks, denying or limiting toilet usage, not allowing
practitioners to buy daily necessities including sanitary napkins, not allowing
practitioners to shower, and forcing practitioners to give up their beliefs
until they are "transformed." Many practitioners were tortured so
severely that they fell into bad health were forced to tell lies. Some of them
have developed mental problems, and some have been left in critical condition.
Many steadfast practitioners, including Chen Jing, Zhong Yang, Zeng Qing, Zhou
Meilin, Yan Hongzhuan, Han Yuejuan, Li Xiaoqiu, Ye Xiaojie, Xie Kunxiang, Deng
Hui, Yuan Xiaolin, Yang Xiaolan, Wu Peifen, Li Meiping, Chen Chunli, Ma Meichan,
and others have been continuously attacked, abused, threatened and denounced day
and night. The guards and criminals use indecent language to attack the founder
of Falun Gong and practitioners.
On the surface, the women's prison looks like an orderly and modern school.
"Humanitarian management" is an often-used slogan, but it hasn't
changed the practitioners' situation for the better at all. When there are
visitors, all the prison personnel get very nervous and the food is suddenly
much better, but Falun Gong practitioners under "strict management"
are monitored even more strictly. They aren't allowed to leave their cells.
Sometimes they are hidden in the workshop. Those practitioners who have not been
"reformed" are not allowed to participate in outdoor exercises on
holidays.
There is a special cell on each of the four floors of the Fourth Division with a
sign reading "conversation room." The so-called conversation rooms are
dark. They are used to confine practitioners in solitary cells and brainwash
them. The 610 Office has televisions in the conversation rooms on the second,
third and fourth floors. There are many slanderous cartoons and images on the
windows, doors and walls in the rooms.
Many practitioners are inhumanly tortured in the conversation rooms. Ye Xiaojie,
Xie Kunxiang and Yang Xiaolan were tortured so severely that they were driven to
insanity. Cries, curses, the sounds of beatings, and the knocking down of tables
and stools are often heard coming from these rooms. Zeng Qing, Zhou Meilin, Yan
Hongzhi, Han Tongjuan, Li Xiaoqiu, Xie Kunxiang, Deng Hui, Yuan Xiaolin, Chen
Chunli, Yang Xiaolan, Wu Peifen, Li Meiping, and other practitioners have all
been isolated in these rooms and tortured separately, and they've been deprived
of sleep for long periods of time.
Zhuhai City practitioner Zeng Qing wrote a letter to expose the torture and
persecution suffered by Fourth Division practitioners, but correction officers
colluded with inmates and fabricated false evidence to frame Zeng Qing, and were
thereby able to foil the procurators' subsequent investigation. The officers and
inmates took revenge on Zeng Qing and tortured her even more severely.
Prison officials often speak about humanitarian management, and organize holiday
performances. These special performances are most deceptive. They force Falun
Dafa practitioners to learn other forms of qigong or dances. The
officials do this in an attempt to cover up the true nature of the forced
brainwashing. Most of the "reformed" practitioners relapse into
sickness and are left in a very bad state.
In order to cover up the condition of the "reformed" practitioners,
610 Office personnel often secretly give them extra food and other
inconsequential comforts, like rented DVDs or extra time to exercise outdoors,
walk or play basketball. When other hard labor inmates see this they say,
"Look how well these Falun Gong practitioners are treated! We've been here
for a long time and we've never enjoyed such good treatment!" Those
prisoners are in the workshops all day long; they have no idea that the Falun
Gong practitioners are secretly tortured. How could they know that the reason
the officers act this way is to fool the practitioners and keep them off guard
in order to "transform" them?
The officials use all these tricks to deceive the outside world. They want to
destroy the practitioners' wills and completely brainwash them. They put
practitioners in a miserable state that they consider worse than death. Their
purpose is to create fear so that they can prolong their tyranny.
In the Fourth Division, there is a rule that anyone can bully and torture
practitioners at will. The criminals who monitor practitioners often purposely
find fault with them. They torture practitioners to vent to their bad feelings.
Every practitioner has suffered attacks and humiliation.
Practitioners are persecuted in every way imaginable, even withheld access to
the restroom. Those who are given the task of monitoring practitioners enjoy
many privileges. For example, they don't have to go to the cafeteria for meals.
They get to eat early. They are also allowed hot water for showers and they get
to wash their clothes before everyone else. They don't have to work and they can
sleep in their beds whenever they want. They get food that can't be found in
prison, and they aren't punished for violating regulations. They even get their
sentences reduced. That's why these criminals will do anything for the
authorities. They beat and starve practitioners. They monitor practitioners
twenty-four hours a day and record their words and actions. They routinely make
false reports and frame practitioners, provoking even harsher treatment from the
authorities. They enjoy the practitioners' suffering. They often say, "We
have far too many ways to deal with people like you. It's too easy to torture
you to death. If you won't listen to us, see what we can do? We'll write the
central government and ask them to shoot you. Shooting is too good for you. Just
watch us torture you to death." The officers enjoy watching the prisoners
persecute the practitioners.
The inmates monitor everything the practitioners do, and they are allowed to decide what practitioners can or can't do. They can even decide whether practitioners can use the toilet or drink water. They forbid everyone to speak to practitioners or show sympathy. Anyone who supports practitioners is reported and punished.
610 Office personnel and inmates do everything they can to force practitioners to write the Three Statements, "Four Statements" and "Five Statements," as required, and they endlessly revise the statements. They tell practitioners to write their "reform statement" as lengthy and as detailed as possible, and require them to write more than ten pages. They also require practitioners to use plain language to write their statements so they'll sound natural and believable. When they teach others to tell lies, they ask them to pay special attention to the details. They say the more detailed the better; details can move people's hearts and remove any doubts, especially when the supervisors try to ascertain whether the practitioners have been truly "reformed" or not. If the practitioners' statements don't meet their standards, they threaten them and force them to study and be brainwashed all over again, until their statements are up to the standard. They force practitioners to sing songs that praise the CCP. They even force the "reformed" Falun Gong practitioners to smile. Otherwise, the supervisors will think that they haven't really been "reformed." If they fail to comply in some way, the practitioners are forced to return to the conversation rooms. Head Warden Zhang Zhiping, Director Liu, and Director Zheng of the 610 Office interview and test each of those who has finished writing the statements. The content of those conversations are more slander against Falun Gong. Once they're satisfied that a practitioner has met the standard, they send her to one of the other divisions to finish the "Five Statements." They also force the "reformed" practitioners to publicly denounce Falun Gong in front of all the inmates. The process is filmed and recorded. Then they force the "reformed" ones to participate in an intensive two-month "study session." The study session is another type of severe psychological persecution. The schedule is arranged so tightly that practitioners have no chance to exchange looks or messages on paper slips. They make sure that the "reformed" practitioners don't start practicing again. After the session is over, they force practitioners to give performances portraying "the wonder of reform." Only at this stage do they announce that the "reform" is fully completed.
At the end of each month, all the inmates are infused with "loving the Party" propaganda. They are forced to study a textbook produced at the prison that slanders Falun Gong. There is also a test at the end of each month. The inmates spend a lot of time memorizing the answers. If they fail to pass each test, they can't apply for sentence reductions. Anyone who fails the test is punished with extended work hours or making dozens of hand-written copies of the book.
The persecution suffered by Falun Gong practitioners at the Guangdong Women's Prison is beyond description. Practitioners are strictly monitored. They are segregated and placed in solitary confinement. Other inmates are allowed to speak freely with each other, while Falun Gong practitioners aren't allowed to see or talk to each other. The corrections officers and prison inmates often purposely find fault with practitioners so that they can extend practitioners' sentences. The officers' words and actions are extremely vicious.
None of the practitioners detained at the Guangdong Women's Prison have willingly complied with efforts to "reform" them. Each of the "Five Statements" they've written were given due to extreme pressure and torture, and each one is covered in blood. The officers known that this so-called "reform" doesn't represent the practitioners' true hearts, but they still use deceitful methods in dealing with practitioners. As soon as they feel that they can't achieve their goal, they immediately change tactics, and utilize violence and torture to achieve their goals.
February 11, 2007
