Australian journalist Cheng Lei details horrific conditions trapped in Beijing 'black' jail

Horrific details have emerged of an Australian journalist's life in Beijing's notorious 'black jail' more than two years after she was arrested and detained over accusations she leaked state secrets. The Daily Telegraph's documentary, Disappeared: The Cheng Lei Story, revealed Ms Lei's harrowing prison conditions including being escorted blindfolded and handcuffed for monthly 30-minute press conferences. Chinese-Australian news anchor and business reporter Cheng Lei has been detained in Beijing's 'black jail' for more than two years after she was arrested on spurious national security chargers Ms Lei is dragged around blindfolded, is bound to chairs with wooden boards and shares a small cell, single bed and toilet with three other people Ms Lei's partner Nick Coyle said for the first six months Ms Lei was reportedly detained at the Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location - which is a secret police compound in Beijing. The notorious prison where Ms Lei is reportedly housed Ms Lei shares a 3 metre by 3 metre cell with three other prisoners which has a toilet and one small bed they take turns using to sleep Despite her confinements Ms Lei has kept a positive attitude by teaching her cellmates English through mock-up menus, Shakespeare, Desperate Housewives and lyrics to 80's songs including Lady in Red and Every Breath You Take. It's reported Ms Lei has kept a positive attitude by teaching her cellmates English and by thinking about the love she has for her partner Nick Coyle, who she nicknames 'her knight in shining flip-flops' The reporter's two children, aged 11 and 13 who are living with a grandparent in Melbourne, pleaded for their mum to come home in drawings obtained by The Daily Telegraph.