(Clearwisdom.net) Qinduankou Prison in Hubei is a living hell where Falun Dafa practitioners are being brutally persecuted. Every practitioner illegally detained there is watched 24 hours a day by one or more non-practitioner inmates, even while going to the toilet. For a very long time, they've been using the inmates to control, torture and beat practitioners. Practitioners are not allowed to care for their own hygiene needs and yet they are forced to serve the inmate leader.

In an attempt to achieve their desired rate of "transformed" practitioners, Qinduankou Prison set a deadline. The guards first try to force practitioners to write "repentance statements." If the practitioners do not obey their orders, they are tortured even more cruelly, or they are forced to work for longer hours. For example, they must get up at 4 a.m. and then work all day long until 9 p.m.. They are given only five minutes to eat their lunch. After 9 p.m., practitioners are pressured to write "reports." The evil guards are not always satisfied with these "reports," because they sometimes contain the truth about Falun Dafa. They will then punish the practitioners. The practitioners are forced to stand for a very long time or to stand facing a wall until 11 pm or even 2 or 3 a.m. the next morning. (In this instance, "to stand" means to stand on one foot with the other one in the air. For the foot that stands on the ground, the heel must be raised as well. Pins are placed under the heel to stop the heel from touching the ground.) Sometimes several practitioners are ordered to stand together at the same time. In this case a thick wooden board will be placed on their legs and, if the board drops, all will be punched and beaten. Another type of "standing" is carried out in the hot sun. Here "to stand" means to stand with both hands folded behind the back, while the body bends at an angle of 90 degree or even less with the head against the wall. The smaller the angle, the more painful it is. Another punishment is the "military drill," during which the practitioners are continuously beaten with sticks.

Practitioner Mr. Wang Linfeng was forced to stand for long periods with his body bent at an angle of 80 degrees. His upper body was almost parallel to the ground and his head was against a metal bed. Mr. Xu Sijun was ordered to do push-ups until he couldn't move any more. Mr. Xia Shilong, in his 60s, has suffered beatings for quite some time and was even knocked to the ground once by two inmates. Mr. Yang Shengsong suffered torture and sleep deprivation for extended periods of time. He was pressured to sit at a very low table and write a "report" and copy "Criteria of Behaviors of Criminals" until late into the night.

Sometimes, several inmates will surround a practitioner and carry out their torture together. They use metal rulers to beat practitioners. Mr. Zhou Jianwu was once under such an assault by a group of prisoners. Both his mouth and nose were bleeding severely. His assailants became fearful and wiped the blood off his face. Mr. Zhou Jianwu, Mr. Yang Shengsong and Huang Xuanlin were also sent to the "disciplinary unit" and were forced to stand during the night. Mr. Zhou Jianwu's ankles were shackled for two months and he couldn't wash or change his clothes. Several Dafa practitioners were placed in solitary confinement cells. Some were tortured to such an extent that they became desperate, jumped from the building, and sustained internal injuries. (It should be pointed out that such conduct does not conform to the requirements of Dafa. Dafa practitioners should negate the persecution at all times by using righteous thoughts.)

The guards working in the prison may not personally beat the practitioners. Instead they secretly order the inmates to severely abuse Dafa practitioners. Then, when something goes wrong, they place blame on the prisoners. Sometimes, however the guards themselves do beat prisoners. For example, Head Deputy Liu once attempted to force Mr. Xu Sijun to submit to an injection. When Mr. Xu would not comply, the guards began to beat him at will. Another guard, Lian Jinwen, and a group of prisoners one night tried to force Mr. Yang Shengsong to accept an injection. Such injections are not for practitioners' health, which the authorities obviously do not care about at all. They torture and carry out physical abuse on practitioners until the practitioners sustain injuries all over their bodies. What they really want is to destroy practitioners' minds and to "transform" them.

Exposing the Evil Deeds of Guard Zheng Mao

Prison guard Zheng Mao is the head of the No.4 team. He's committed many evil deeds. One of them includes commanding all the prisoners of the team to beat practitioner Zhou Jiangang.

After the Spring Festival of this year, Zheng Mao ordered Zhang Binhua, Xiong Hui, Xiong Junhua, Zhu Zhendan, Chang Shen and other inmates to physically abuse practitioner Mr. Min Changchun. They shut the door of the cell and beat Mr. Min day and night until he nearly died. Blood was found in his stool and urine. It was not until the Lantern Festival that Mr. Min was sent to Hongshan Prison Hospital, where he was examined and successfully treated. It turned out that his liver, spleen and other parts of his body had been severely injured. After this incident Zheng Mao tried to cover up the truth and hide this atrocity. To do this, Zheng Mao bribed his superiors so that he would only receive a minor punishment. He colluded with the staff working in Hongshan Prison Hospital and the hospital of the prison where he works to hide the Mr. Min's true condition. The money that Zheng Mao used to bribe those in charge was collected from the prisoners who beat Mr. Min Changchun. Prisoner Xiong Jun could not give him any money because he was very poor. As a result, he became the scapegoat for Zheng Mao and was sent to the "disciplinary unit."

Zheng Mao abuses his authority by taking money from prisoners in exchange for a reduced sentence or other benefits. Those who do his evil bidding and do not follow the rules of the prison are allowed to do the lightest job when "working" or even to do nothing at all. Their terms can even be reduced as long as they can give Zheng Mao money. If they do not give him any money, even the prisoner who behaves very well and truly repents his wrong deeds will get no reduction in his jail term.