Entering China Infectious Disease Prison： Police officers always insist on direct management.
In Admiralty Prison, prisoners with different infectious diseases such as hepatitis, AIDS and tuberculosis are detained, and police officers make meals in different places according to the types of infectious diseases according to the doctor’s advice.
Police officers are wiping highly contagious pus from the only patient (prisoner) in Beijing who is known as the "King of Syphilis" at present.
Perhaps few people outside know what kind of special contest is going on behind the firmness and calmness in this special prison for holding infectious disease criminals.
Fear of discrimination is a huge psychological obstacle for criminals with infectious diseases, especially those with sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS. In order to make them feel at ease, the police officers in Admiralty Prison always adhere to direct management and have zero-distance contact with patients. In the cell and playground, there are scenes of face-to-face communication between police officers and criminals with infectious diseases everywhere.
On November 21st, Liu Chuan (a pseudonym) put on casual clothes and walked out of the gate of Admiralty Prison of Qinghe Branch of Beijing Prison Bureau.
When the huge iron gate slammed behind him, Liu Chuan said to himself that a brand-new life had begun. Liu Chuan, who suffered from AIDS due to drug abuse and was imprisoned for drug trafficking, has the strongest idea at the moment: "I want to repay the society with a grateful heart."
On the day before Liu Chuan was released from prison, 12 prisoners with HIV/AIDS held in Admiralty Prison signed a commitment letter, saying, "Stay away from drugs, cherish life, curb AIDS, fulfill your promise, and let the infection reach me". When signing the names, the prisoners had a firm expression on their faces, while the prison officers were calm.
Perhaps few people in the outside world know what kind of special contest is going on behind the firmness and calmness in this special prison for holding infectious disease criminals.
Contest 1: the contest between prisoners and diseases
On the snow-white outer wall of the eighth section of Admiralty Prison, a dazzling red ribbon can be seen far away. This is the prison section where prisoners with AIDS are held.
Lao Guo, 39, is already an "old man" here. Four years ago, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbery and entered the AIDS ward of Admiralty Prison. In four years, his sentence was reduced twice for good behavior, and he can go home in July next year.
The inducement of robbery in Lao Guo is drugs. In 1993, Lao Guo began to take drugs, which not only made her family restless, but also made her health worse. In 1999, the hospital diagnosed him as an AIDS patient. This is a bolt from the blue for Lao Guo! He began to abandon himself, squandered his property, took drugs more and more fiercely, and committed crimes in order to raise drug money. Lao Guo said: "At that time, I had given up on life and wanted to commit suicide, but I didn’t have the courage."
In 2004, Lao Guo went to Admiralty Prison with fear of AIDS. At that time, his body was very weak and emaciated, and there were many bleeding spots on his body. "When I first came in, I felt that I couldn’t hold out until I was released from prison. I just tried my best to go on a hunger strike and hang myself. I thought that I am an AIDS patient, and the country is too lazy to close (pledge). Maybe I will be released one day. " Lao Guo told reporters.
But Lao Guo’s wishful thinking fell through. The prison police told him that the place where he is now is the prison where the country holds criminals with AIDS, and it is impossible to let him out because he is sick. At the same time, he also found a doctor to see him and let him know that his illness is not as serious as he thought. Sure enough, after a period of treatment, Lao Guo’s body recovered day by day, not only with appetite and spirit, but also with fewer bleeding spots. The fact finally calmed him down slowly.
Today’s old Guo Kailang has changed a lot. He not only loves to talk and laugh, but also has established a very good relationship with prison police officers. Lao Guo told reporters: "The police officers here are very kind to us. Every time I finish the injection, the police officers help me put on my clothes, and I don’t dislike them at all. What do I have in mind and I am willing to talk to the police officer. "
Contest 2: the contest between policemen and fear
In the AIDS sub-prison area of Admiralty Prison, the reporter saw that the cells where prisoners live are spotless, and the living conditions of a three-person room are much smaller than those of ordinary prisons. Three times a day, nurses and prison guards will distribute medicines to the prisoners, and twice a day, the prisoners can go to the small playground outside the prison. And the police officers who supervise these criminals with AIDS live with them day and night. In the words of the policemen themselves, every criminal of infectious diseases is like an "untimely bomb". If anything goes wrong at work, it may cause danger to himself and others.
Almost every policeman who has worked in an AIDS prison has had more than one thrilling experience in the process of taking care of prisoners infected with AIDS.
In 2005, Cao Jian (pseudonym) was found to be infected with AIDS during the screening process of Beijing Prison Bureau, and was immediately sent to the AIDS surveillance area of Admiralty Prison. Cao Jian’s mood was very unstable. It happened that his wife filed for divorce with him at this time, which suddenly gave him a strong stimulus.
One afternoon, when the sub-prison area organized prisoners to reform and study, Cao Jian suddenly went crazy, not only refused to accept the study, but also slammed his head against the door in the cell. After the police officer Sun Renguo found out, he immediately ordered him to stop outside the prison, but Cao Jian at that time simply did not listen to dissuade him. In order to prevent Cao Jian from self-injury, Sun Renguo forgot to think too much, opened the cell door and rushed in, hugged Cao Jian together, and pressed it down with all his strength.
After a long time, Cao Jian finally calmed down, and Sun Renguo took a breath and walked out of the cell. But when he went to the pool to wash his hands according to his usual habit, he suddenly found a blood stain on his arm, which must have been inadvertently scratched by Cao Jian in the process of pulling, and Sun Renguo’s nerves suddenly became tense.
Colleagues and leaders paid great attention to this situation, and immediately sent Sun Renguo to the hospital for blood tests, and the results showed normal. However, the doctor said that HIV must wait 40 days before it can be tested accurately. To this end, Sun Renguo and the prison leaders and colleagues followed and worried for more than a month. Until the final test results showed normal, everyone’s hanging hearts were down.
Wang Mingyuan, deputy instructor of AIDS surveillance zone, told the reporter that because it is a special surveillance zone for infectious patients, police officers have to have physical examinations twice a year. "To tell you the truth, every time I have a physical examination, I feel so nervous. After all, I am with infectious diseases every day, and it is a bit of a burden psychologically. However, every time I get the physical examination form, nothing happens, and my heart is practical. How to do the work? "
Contest 3: the contest between soul and demons
There is a prison culture in Admiralty Prison, that is, "let criminals of infectious diseases inspire new life in hope". However, for prisoners who are deprived of their freedom and seriously ill, pessimism and despair often hang over them. Han Yuegang, head of the psychological correction room in Admiralty Prison, told reporters that among the criminals, especially those infected with AIDS, the proportion of people with suicidal tendencies is very high. In this case, psychological correction has become an important part of the reform work.
November 20th is the first day that the psychological hotline for prisoners was officially opened. The reporter saw in the mental health guidance center for prisoners that the four psychological hotline rooms were for infectious disease offenders with different conditions such as AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis, and there were rattan chairs and coffee tables in the room. Here, prisoners can directly call the experts of "Beijing Psychological Crisis Research and Intervention Center" to talk to them about their psychological problems and receive guidance from experts.
Lu Kai (pseudonym) was the first prisoner to call the psychological hotline. Two years ago, he was sentenced to prison for swindling and cheating, but after he went to prison, he learned that his former friend had gang-raped his girlfriend. Since then, Rukai has become extremely irritable, and his heart is to "kill these animals after he is released from prison." In the inner torment, he couldn’t sleep for several months, and his height of more than 1 meter and 70 kilograms was only 90 kilograms. After discovering his psychological problems, the police officers found the psychological correction room and gave him special psychological counseling, which finally helped him get rid of his heart disease.
Han Yuegang told reporters that in recent years, Admiralty Prison has paid more and more attention to psychological correction. At present, there are three full-time psychological counseling police officers with the qualification of national psychological counselors in the whole prison, and there are two part-time psychological counselors in each of the eight sub-prisons, and the means of psychological correction are becoming more and more abundant.
The reporter learned that music will be played on the TV in the prisoner’s cell for two fixed periods every day. This is also a part of prison psychological correction-music therapy. These music are not pop songs randomly selected, but "music groups" specially played by full-time psychological counselors according to the needs of adjusting the mood of prisoners at a certain stage. Han Yuegang said with a smile: "Our music therapy should be said to be very effective. At one stage, we played some songs to help sleep, and even the prison armed police called to complain that they wanted to sleep after listening to our songs."
Contest 4: the contest between despair and new life
Yao Jingqiang, deputy director of Admiralty Prison, said that the biggest feature of Admiralty Prison is "the prison in the hospital, the hospital in the prison", where not only AIDS prisoners are held, but also criminals of tuberculosis, hepatitis, syphilis and other infectious diseases are held. Therefore, it is necessary not only to do a good job in the education and reform of ordinary prisons, but also to do a good job in the treatment of prisoners.
In order to provide professional treatment for patients, Admiralty Prison has established close cooperation with Beijing You ‘an Hospital, Anding Hospital and Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Institute, and experts and doctors have formulated detailed treatment plans for each infectious disease criminal. For difficult patients, the prison will also invite experts from the hospital for consultation to ensure that every infectious disease offender can also receive standardized treatment in the prison.
There is still a patient with neurosyphilis in the third stage in Admiralty Prison. This kind of syphilis is the most serious of all syphilis. Four cases have been found in Beijing, and now only this prisoner is still alive. Even medical experts in this field feel a little incredible.
As the saying goes, the disease should be treated in three ways and supported in seven ways. In order to help the prisoners regain their health, the prison has taken great pains in the prisoners’ diet. In the prisoners’ canteen, there are more than a dozen cooking foci, not only cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, syphilis, AIDS, tuberculosis and so on, but also special wills. Niu Aisheng, head of the Life and Health Department, said that in Admiralty Prison, every prisoner can eat an egg and drink different kinds of porridge for breakfast every day. Lunch is usually a combination of meat and vegetables, and then with different kinds of staple foods, dinner is mostly digestible liquid food and cereal. In addition, every week, the prison will work with doctors to study and formulate the recipes of prisoners for the next week, understand the dietary needs of different types of prisoners, and match meals according to the symptoms.
In Admiralty Prison, although the food is good and the medical conditions are good, it is the sincere management of infectious disease criminals by each police officer that can most influence the prisoners. Police officers know that fear of discrimination is a huge psychological obstacle for criminals with infectious diseases, especially those with sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS. In order to make them feel at ease, the police officers in Admiralty Prison always insist on direct management and have zero-distance contact with patients. In the prison and on the playground, there are scenes of face-to-face communication between police officers and criminals with infectious diseases everywhere. (Text/Figure Our reporter Li Song Huang Jie Zhu Yuchen)
Editor: Wang Xu