(Clearwisdom.net) Jilin Prison is located at 100 Junmin Road, Jilin City, Jilin Province. Since July 20, 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong began, Jilin Prison has closely followed Jiang's policy of genocide againstagainst Falun Gong practitioners.

Typical means used to persecute Falun Gong practitioners include: severe group supervision, solitary confinement, tying practitioners on a stretching bed and pulling their arms and legs (described more fully below), inciting the inmates to beat practitioners, scratching practitioner's reproductive organs, keeping twenty four hour watch on practitioners and force-feeding practitioners. An order from the Jilin Prison is to make them suffer without caring whether they are dying and to count death from force-feeding as a natural death. They do not allow practitioners to see or correspond with their families, they do not allow practitioners to meet jail inspectors and they hold their appeal documents. In order to cover up their acts, because they fear exposure, Jilin Prison also imprisons steadfast Dafa disciples in solitary confinement for long periods and cruelly tortures them there.

Dafa disciples who are known to have been persecuted to death in Jilin Prison include Liu Chengjun, Zhang Jianhua, Cui Weidong, Wei Xiushan, and He Yuanhui.

The following are typical torture methods:

1. Brainwashing

Jilin Prison uses the inmates to set up brainwashing sessions in different areas of the jail. They use inmates to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, to force Falun Gong practitioners to write the so-called Three Statements or Five Statements, and to punish Falun Gong practitioners physically by forcing them to sit on a wooden board. If anything does not please them, they curse and beat the practitioners at will. At the same time, three or four inmates beat a single Dafa practitioner. They broke Shi Guohong's rib by kicking him and they beat his bottom bloody with a wooden board. Liu Chengjun was tortured to death. Many Dafa practitioners' bodies are covered with black bruises. They knocked out Cao Zhonghua's front teeth and forced him to sit on a wooden board for fifteen to sixteen hours every day. Some practitioners are even denied sleep. Zheng Weidong was denied sleep for nine days and was not allowed to talk or meet with anybody. He was not allowed to walk around and was followed to the restroom. Some jail areas are equipped with stretching beds.

2. Solitary confinement

In October 2003, in order to further persecute Falun Gong practitioners, Jilin Prison set up a so-called psychological "therapy" center. It consists over 10 small dark rooms for solitary confinement. Each room has 4 iron handcuffs bolted to the ground used to shackle the practitioner. Each room is also equipped with a stretching bed, also known as a fixing bed, used as a torture device. The practitioner is fixed, or motionless on the bed with arms and legs stretched and handcuffed. Others can then torture him at will, kicking him, beating him, stepping on him, burning him with a bottle filled of boiling water, piercing him with needles and not letting him sleep. One way to increase the pain is, with the abdomen upwards, to add quilts, water bottles, wooden boards, etc. between his back and the bed. Then the practitioner's arms and legs are stretched even tighter and the wrists and ankles are gradually torn open. The practitioner can barely breathe, his face as pale as a sheet. This torture can make people die at once. Some Falun Gong practitioners were fixed in the bed for from ten days to more than two months. Their bodies were devastated. Their muscles atrophied and their limbs lost their strength. When they walk, they need the support of a wall. They are emaciated. The cold of winter then injures their hands and feet even more.

The jail also set up a "psychological" room. This is where Li Yongsheng and Wang Yanqing, jail guards from the education department, directly persecute Dafa practitioners. They ask Falun Gong practitioners to go there for a conversation. The practitioners who do not give in are sent to severely supervising groups for torture. In severely supervising groups, inmates supervise and often beat good people. Torture, abuse and insults are everyday activities.

In April 2004, jail guards used the Psychological Therapy Center to persecute steadfast Dafa practitioners together for the second time for over a month.

3. Severely supervised group

The severely supervised group in Jilin Prison is a jail inside the jail. Dafa practitioners are forced to sit on a wooden board from 5:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., during which they must keep their waist, back and neck straight and are not allowed to move. If they move a bit they are beaten. Someone coughed and was beaten and kicked for moving.

Every day, they can only move three or four times, and each time they are only granted less than five minutes. Even using the restroom has a time limit. Although three meals are provided each day, each meal is only a pickle and a piece of corn bread. The shortest period of being imprisoned here is over one month and the longest is over ten months. Being imprisoned here for three or four months is common. Because of sitting without moving, some practitioner's bottoms broke down and started to fester. The sitting has caused lung disease and pleurisy for some people. Some people were reduced to skin and bones and swayed when they walked. If somebody gets sick during the period of severe supervision, he will not be released unless he is on the verge of death.

The practitioners are not allowed to use the restroom at night. It is said that the government makes this rule and practitioners are advised to pass urine or move their bowels in bed.

The severely supervised group is equipped with a stretching bed. Whoever doesn't follow orders or doesn't sit straight is dragged to the stretching bed. The flesh of most practitioner's wrists has been torn open and the backs of their hands have swelled.

The following are the situations of some Falun Gong practitioners who were tortured in Jilin Prison:

He Yuanhui was imprisoned in August 2003. He Yuanhui's health grew worse day after day after being tortured in a brainwashing center. In 2005, He Yuanhui was tortured to death.

Mr. Liu Chengjun was imprisoned in 2002 and was beaten and tortured in a brainwashing center. In October 2003, he went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution. After some time, Mr. Liu was sent to an outside hospital and was tortured there for over two months. He was brought back to the jail hospital in December of 2004 where he was force-fed. Later he was taken to the Chinese-Japanese Friendship Hospital for medical rescue, but he did not survive. Mr. Liu Chengjun was tortured to death.

In February 2003, Cui Weidong was brought to a severely supervised group for torture because of writing a solemn statement rejecting a previous statement made under duress in which he renounced Falun Gong. Cui was later brought to the hospital because of his poor health. In May 2004, Cui died as a result the torture.

In 2002, Yang Guang was sentenced to fifteen years. Yang had been tortured more than ten times in the First Department of Public Security Bureau in Changchun City, Jilin Province. As a result, his legs were disabled, so he had to be carried into the Jilin Prison. In the Jilin Prison, Yang's torture included beatings, solitary confinement, being persecuted in a severely supervised group, a stretching bed, and being held alone and isolated from the outside for a long period. Yang was later brought to the Naked District in the prison where Yang's lower body was naked for years. In August of 2005, the Jilin Prison increased Yang's torture. Currently Yang is paralyzed and is suffering from pleurisy, kidney failure and the exhaustion of all organs. Yang may die at any moment. The Jilin Prison lied to the outside world claiming that Yang's time for being released on bail for medical treatment had not yet come. In spite of his condition, they have refused to release him.

Wang Fengcai was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in 2003 because of his refusal to write "the Four Statements of Renunciation" in prison. In the Center, he was placed in a bed with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed for more than 10 days. In October 2003 he was sent to the so-called "Correction Center" to be persecuted for over 20 days because of his belief in Falun Gong. The inmates tortured him by pouring a kettle full of boiling water on him. He still has the burn marks on his abdomen. He was sent to the "Correction Center" again in April 2003 because he hand copied Teacher's articles. He was tortured there for more than 20 days and then was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" and kept there for another month. In May 2005 he was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" again because he exposed the persecution. His health deteriorated dramatically and he was not able to eat. He was sent back to the prison again. The prison guard claimed that he was on a hunger strike and sent him to the hospital to be persecuted there. Two days later he was in critical condition, so on July 13, he was sent to the Jilin Central Hospital. His whereabouts are unknown.

Wang Qibo was detained for over two months because of clarifying the facts. During his detention he was closely monitored and severely tortured.

Yun Qingbin was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" on April 15, 2005, for his refusal to be "reformed." During his three-month stay, the inmates played all sorts of tricks on him and tortured him. He is in poor health and not able to look after himself at present.

Zhang Hongwei was sent to the prison and then transferred to the "Closely Monitored Center" in 2002. He was locked in a small cell for nearly two years. In February 2004 the inmate who was monitoring him swore at and beat him. He defended himself. Wan Zhiqing, the prison guard, used this as an excuse and put him in the "Closely Monitored Center" again. He was persecuted for more than two months there and was sent back to the prison later on because of his poor health. At the moment he can barely walk..

In September 2004, Sun Qian was locked in a small cell for seven or eight days and then was transferred to the "Closely Monitored Center" for over two months. In December 2004 he was locked in a small cell again because they learned he was copying Teacher's articles. He was transferred to the "Closely Monitored Center" for another three months. In 2005 he was put in the small cell once again because they learned he passed around Teacher's articles. He is still there today.

Zhang Wenfeng refused to be "reformed" in July 2005 and has been locked in the "Closely Monitored Center."

Cai Xiangjun was in the "Closely Monitored Center" for three month starting in December 2004.

In November 2003, Li Huzhe was locked up in a small cell for more than a month after he refused to write "the Four Statements of Renunciation."

Zhou Liansheng was imprisoned and was sent to a brainwashing center in 2002. In November 2004 the Education Department failed to "transform" him and sent him to the "Closely Monitored Center." He was tortured there.

Lin Hongfei went on a hunger strike at the beginning of year 2004 in order to get back "the Four Statements of Renunciation" he wrote. He was sent to the "Correction Center" for more than a month. In August 2004 he went on a hunger strike again to oppose the persecution but was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center." He was released later because of his poor health.

Zhang Desheng was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in November 2004. He had refused to be "reformed." His legs were severely injured there. He was not able to look after himself and was later released.

The inmates in the brainwashing center in the prison severely beat Zhang Weixi. He was sent to the "Correction Center" in 2003 after being found with Teacher's articles. He stayed there for over a month. He was transferred to Tiebei Prison in March 2005 where he has since been tortured.

Yang Junsheng is from Siping City. He was sent to the "Correction Center" in 2004 for copying Teacher's articles. He stayed there for over a month. He was released and is at home now.

Feng Gongcai was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in 2003 for watching the videos of Teacher's lectures. He was tortured there with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed until he fainted. He was not able to walk as a result of the torture.

Ren Shujun was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in October 2003 for writing a Solemn Declaration and was detained there for over three months.

Wang Jian was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in July 2005 for reading Teacher's articles and has been detained there since then. He was tortured with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed.

Liu Zhaojian was directly sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" after he was imprisoned and he was held there for ten months. He was sent back to the prison later because of his poor health.

The inmates beat Jin Longzhe for his anti-persecution actions. Then in February 2004, they sent him to the "Closely Monitored Center." He was released because of infected wounds on his buttocks.

Sun Lilong was imprisoned in December 2002 and was sent to the brainwashing center. The inmates beat him and deprived him of sleep. In March 2004 he was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" for hand copying Teacher's articles and was tortured for over two months. He was released later because of poor health.

The inmates beat Shi Guohong and broke his ribs when he was in the brainwashing center in 2003. He was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in 2004 and was persecuted there for making a Solemn Declaration.

Wang Jie was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" on May 9, 2005, for reading Teacher's articles.

Jiang Tao was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" on May 3, 2005, for reading Teacher's articles.

Wu Yufeng was imprisoned in 2003 and later sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" for seven or eight months. He was released because of poor health.

Liang Zhenxing was imprisoned in 2002. The inmates beat him in the brainwashing center. In October 2003 he was sent to the "Correction Center" for his anti-persecution actions. In July 2004 he was detained in the "Closely Monitored Center" for over two months for his refusal to be "reformed."

Liu Gequn was imprisoned in October 2003 and was persecuted in the brainwashing center. In April 2004 the Education Department failed to "transform" him and sent him to the "Closely Monitored Center." He was tortured with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed.

Wu Zilong was imprisoned in October 2003. In the brainwashing center he was beaten with shoes.

Zheng Weidong was imprisoned in July 2002 and was beaten in the brainwashing center. He was not allowed to sleep for nine days. In October 2002 he was tortured with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed for making a Solemn Declaration. In July 2003 the inmates beat him for talking with fellow practitioners. They took this as refusal to labor and as an excuse for sending him to the "Closely Monitored Center." He was detained there for over four months. He was transferred to Siping Prison and has been there ever since.

Wang Jianmin was sent to the "Correction Center" in November 2003 for his refusal to write the "Four Statements of Renunciation." He was released later because of heart disease. He was then transferred to Siping Prison and has been there ever since.

Lu Shulin was persecuted in the Brainwashing center in the prison in 2003.

Wu Keli was persecuted in the Brainwashing center in the prison in November 2003.

Qi Pengjiu was imprisoned in March 2003 and was beaten in the brainwashing center. In October 2004 a clerk of the Education Department was unsuccessful in transforming him and sent him to the "Closely Monitored Center" where he was tortured.

Liu Jingxin was imprisoned in October 2003 and was mercilessly beaten in the brainwashing center. In January 2005 he was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" for his refusal to be "transformed" and was tortured with his limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy cold metal bed.

Xu Hao was sent to the "Correction Center" in February 2004 because of his anti-persecution actions. He was tortured there and his ankles became seriously infected. In July 2005 he was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" for his refusal to be "reformed." He was released later on because of infected wounds on his buttocks.

Shi Wenzuo reported to the prison officials that his fellow practitioner was brutally beaten and scalded with boiling water without any reason in May 2005. The Education Department Head, Li Yongsheng was enraged. He admonished him but was unsuccessful in "transforming" him. He then sent Shi to the "Closely Monitored Center" and told the inmates to beat him hard. Shi was tortured with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy-cold metal bed. He suffered a heart attack and high blood pressure as a result and was sent to the hospital for examination three times. Then he was sent back to the prison.

Zou Jicheng was imprisoned in January 2004 and was persecuted in the brainwashing center.

Yuan Shengcai was imprisoned in December 2002 and was intimidated and persecuted in the brainwashing center.

Yu Xide was imprisoned in December 2002 and was brutally beaten in the brainwashing center.

Tian Rukai was imprisoned in February 2004 and was tortured in the brainwashing center.

Tan Qiucheng was imprisoned in November 2002. He was sent to the "Closely Monitored Center" in October 2003 for his refusal to write the "Four Statements of Renunciation" and was tortured for over a month with his four limbs stretched out and tied to the four corners of an icy cold metal bed. His wrists were seriously infected and his health was severely damaged. In April 2004 the inmates beat him because he stopped them from beating his fellow practitioners. He was transferred to the "Closely Monitored Center" and was tortured there for two months.

Hao Yingqiang was imprisoned in July 2002 and the inmates in the brainwashing center beat him. His health deteriorated day by day. He was released on bail for medical treatment in April 2003. He was transferred to the prison in Jilin Province in April 2005. He is now in very poor health.

We hereby appeal to various organizations and individuals worldwide to lend a hand to stop the inhumane persecution happening in the prisons of Jilin Province. Those people responsible should be brought to justice!

The following is a list of those responsible, including the prison guards in Jilin prison:

Li Yongsheng, Clerk in the Education Department
Li Zhuang, Director of the Education Department
Liu Changjiang, in charge of political affairs
Li Qiang, Warden
Liu Wei, Deputy Warden
Guo Dongbiao, Clerk in the No 5 Prison Area
Wang Shijie, Director of the Criminal Law Execution Department
Wang Yanqing, clerk in the Education Department
Tan Fuhua, Director of the Prison Politics Department
Yang Xiaotian, Team Leader of the Guarding Team
Wang Zhiqing, Team Leader of the No 11 Prison Area
Wei Xianghui, Vice Team Leader of the No 10 Prison Area
Hu Zhongxue, Clerk in the No 10 Prison Area
Yue Gang, Team Leader of the No 9 Prison Area
Cui Yunbiao, Vice Team Leader of the No 9 Prison Area
Zhao Yingbiao, Education Assistant of the No 8 Prison Area
Yue Yanming, previously Team Leader of the No 2 Prison Area
Zhang Jian, Education Assistant of the No 2 Prison Area
Li Yujiao, Team Leader of the No 2 Prison Area
Liu Xianzhang, Vice Team Leader of the Prison Politics Department
Wu Dongfeng, Team Leader of the No 11 Prison Area
Lin Zhibin, Team Leader of the No 5 Prison Area
Tang Guozhong, Clerk in the No 11 Prison Area
Cui Jun, Team Leader of the No 7 Prison Area
Zhang Baozhi, Clerk
Zhang Jianhua, Education Assistant of the No 5 Prison Area
Meng Haibo Education Assistant of the No 2 Prison Area

The above people are directly responsible for persecuting Falun Gong practitioners.

The telephone number for the switchboard of the Jilin Prison: 86-432-4881551

The following are the extension phone number:

Li Qiang, Warden, 3001
Wang Yufan, Deputy Warden, 3002
Liu Changjiang, Deputy political commissar, 3003
Wang Chengwu, Deputy Warden, 3004
Liu Wei, Deputy Warden, 3005
He Changming, 3006
Li Shijin, 3007
Zhao Xingchao, 3008
Directors Office 3300
Education Department 3040
Monitoring Group 3077
The No 1 Prison Area 3061
The No 2 Prison Area 3062
The No 3 Prison Area 3063
The No 4 Prison Area 3064
The No 5 Prison Area 3065, 3085 & 3095
The No 6 Prison Area 3066, 3086 & 3096
The No 7 Prison Area 3067, 3087 & 3097
The No 8 Prison Area 3068 & 3088
The No 9 Prison Area 3059, 3089 & 3099
The No 10 Prison Area 3110 & 3120
The No 11 Prison Area 3111 & 3131