Hunan Province Women's Prison Gives Heavy Prison Terms and Obstructs Family Visits
(Clearwisdom.net) Changsha Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Lei Yangfan and
his wife Ms. Zhou Pinjun have suffered persecution on several occasions for
practicing Falun Gong. In August 2002, Ms. Zhou (Original name: Chen Guo) was
illegally arrested for distributing truth-clarification
CDs related to the staged self-immolation, and then sentenced to seven years in
prison. At this time, she is still imprisoned at the Hunan Province Women's
Prison. Mr. Lei Yangfan was arrested five times. In June 2006, he was arrested by the
Dongtang local police for distributing truth-clarification fliers. His hands
were cuffed behind his back, and he was not allowed to go to the bathroom. He
was imprisoned at Changsha No. 1 Detention Center, and while there he was badly
beaten and verbally abused by the other prison inmates. The prison guards also
routinely assaulted him by kicking him in the buttocks. He began a hunger strike
to protest against this humiliation and mistreatment. He was only released after
seven days of fasting, when his life was in great danger. Since 2006, the prison guards at the Hunan Province 6th Divisional
Women's Prison have threatened and manipulated Ms. Zhou into divorcing her
husband. Guard Deng Xing told her that the best hope for her was to be
"transformed." Suffering from the prison's high-pressure environment, and the constant
harassment by the prison guards, Ms. Zhou has gone through the
"transformation," and filed a divorce lawsuit. The South China Sea
Sichuan Law Office attorney Mr. Tang Zhengping has been given this document and
told to act on it. Under the circumstances of 7 years of imprisonment and the coercion of the
police, Ms. Zhou was forced to be "reformed." At the present time, a
divorce lawsuit is underway in which the prison administration section empowered
lawyer Mr. Tang Zhengpin of the Haichuan Law Firm in Hunan Province to handle
the case. Practitioner Mr. Lei Yangfan is not willing to grant the divorce but
does not want his refusal to cause his wife further injury. However, since they
have not been allowed to meet normally for a long time, it is hard for Mr. Lei
to engage in normal communication with his wife. During the more than 4 years of
Ms. Zhou's imprisonment, Mr. Lei has gone to visit his wife almost every month,
but most times he was not allowed to see her. This is additional evidence of the
Hunan Women's Prison's willful deprivation of people's rights for visitation,
which has caused the deteriorated relationship of the spouses and has sabotaged
the harmony of this family. Even when visitation was allowed, it took place
under tight surveillance. Spouses were separated by a glass window, and they had
to talk using microphones. Every word they said could have been recorded. It is
painful to engage in this kind of visitation. Ms. Zhou was compelled to undergo "transformation." She has little
contact with her husband, though he continuously requests to see her. When they
do meet, their innermost feelings are extremely painful, and after four years in
prison there is a deep family wound. Details of the Persecution: The Hunan Province Women's Prison Reformatory, Main Division (Formally #5
Surveillance Center, currently renamed #6 Surveillance Center) Partial list of names and telephone numbers of prison guards: Main Divisional Prison Reformatory Office: 86-731-2323040 Li Chunhui, Political Instructor: 86-13637311116 (Cell) Xue Fang, Sectional Manager: 86-13787788566 (Cell) Second "Transformation" Division (a special division for
imprisonment and "transformation" of Falun Dafa practitioners) Luo Jian: 86-13974856700 (Cell) First "Transformation" Division (Main focus on imprisonment and
"transformation" of Falun Dafa practitioners) Zhou Chan: 86-731-6892583 (Cell) Hunan Province Women's Prison: Warden: Zhao Xingyun Political Commissioner: Nie Wei Deputy Warden: Zhao Lan 86-731-2323007 (Office), 86-731-2323878 (Home), 86-13308498728 (Cell) Education (Brainwashing) Department: 86-731-2323039 Departmental Chief, Ao ChunLing: 86-13975163288 (Cell)Deputy Departmental
Chief, Zhang Zhuo: 86-13975868160(Cell) Prison Political Department: 86-731-2323030 Orientation/Admission Department: 86-731-2323710 Release Department: 86-731-2323042
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