Ms. Yu Jingxia Is In Critical Condition at Hebei Province Women's Prison

News from the Hebei Province Women's Prison indicates that more than 200 Falun Dafa practitioners are illegally detained at the prison. Practitioners who have become mentally unstable due to the relentless persecution are locked up in the guard chamber. They are forced to do hard labour for more than 12 hours each day. In the 3rd and 7th Supervised Areas, they sometimes work more than 20 hours per day, often until midnight without food. They never receive a day of rest.

Ms. Yu Jingxia, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shijiazhuang, was illegally sentenced to 10 years and is currently detained at the Hebei Women's Prison. Because she believes in Falun Dafa and refused to be brainwashed and "transformed", she is a key target of persecution. Ms. Yu is suffering long-term special "discipline", brainwashing, solitary confinement and other acts of brutal persecution. Her physical and mental health have significantly deteriorated, and she is very weak with severe heart disease. Recently, Yu Jingxia's health condition has worsened, and she has been receiving infusion treatment in the prison. Her family members strongly requested for her to be released on bail for medical treatment.

Ms. Bai Yuzhi, a Falun Dafa practitioner in her 40s, originally was a Commissioner of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of Jingjing County, Hebei Province. After her illegal arrest in September 2002, she had been holding protest hunger strikes and has suffered numerous tortures, including brutal forced-feeding. Ms. Bai is currently detained at the Hebei Women's Prison. She was in critical condition several times with symptoms including vomiting blood, oedema, extreme weakness and loss of vision. She became bedridden and was unable to take care of herself. Ms. Bai's family members requested many times for her to be released on bail for medical treatment, but the prison claimed that the request was "rejected by higher officials".

Located at Shitonglu in Shijiazhuang City, the Hebei Province Women's Prison was built in the summer of 2005. All illegally-sentenced female practitioners from Hebei Province have been gradually moved to this location. On February 25th 2006, all 32 Falun Dafa practitioners who had been detained at Hebei's Taihang Women's Prison were transferred to the Hebei Province Women's Prison. The prison staff includes many police officers brought in from different prisons, who employ brutal methods to persecute Falun Gong practitioners. They insult, beat and torture the practitioners.

Recently, there have consistently been cases in which practitioners were secretly arrested and brought to the prison. The prison forbade them to talk to anyone and sent them to brainwashing "classes". They also used lies to try to deceive the practitioners into renouncing Falun Gong. There are currently more than 70 practitioners illegally detained at the Hebei Province Women's Prison.

In the afternoon of June 19th 2006, the elevator in the 7th Supervised Area was on fire. Guard Du Liping held an electric baton and blocked prisoners from vacating the workshop. Six prisoners were terrified and suffered heart attacks.

The director, vice-director of the prison, guards Ge Shuguang and Du Lijing, together with appointed police and guards from every supervised area, directly participated in the persecution of Falun Gong. They took turns torturing the practitioners who refused to be "transformed", including 67-year-old Zhao Wenlan.

Due to the terrible environment in the prison, most of the practitioners suffered from various diseases. Some who held on to their firm belief are persecuted more severely, and their blood pressure is generally as high as 230. This is known to be a dangerous condition and qualifies for release on medical bail. But the prison said that they don't have the authority to do so, and said that such release authorisation has to be issued by the 610 Office [The 610 office is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.] of Hebei Province. Even the practitioners who complete their prison term need to obtain approval from the 610 Office before they can be released. The 610 Office, under the authority of the evil Chinese Communist Party, collaborates with the police from the prison to ruthlessly persecute Falun Dafa practitioners who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.

Hebei Province Women's Prison:

Mailbox: Hebei Province Luquan City Mailbox 55-2, Zip 050222
Address: Shitonglu, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei province.

Personnel in charge:
Zhang Yi: 86-13832116656 (cell), 86-311-83939601 (Office)
Director Han
Director Yu
Director of the Prison Politics branch: Fu Yuhui

The 610 Office of Hebei Province:
Address: Weimingnandajie 46, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, Zip 050052
Director, Zhang Guojun: 86-311-87906310 (Office), 86-311-87906898 (Home), 86-311-84595368 (hometown building)

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/7/12/132789.html