IK-6 Penal Colony
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How to send mail, money, and visit IK-6 Penal Colony
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Background
FKU Corrective Colony No. 6 of the UFSIN of Russia for Vladimir Oblast also known simply as IK-6 Melekhovo or Melekhovo correctional colony, is a strict regime corrective colony located on the outskirts of the town of Melekhovo in Vladimir Oblast, Russia. Abuse and torture of inmates have been reported. Russian opposition leader and prisoner of conscience Alexei Navalny was imprisoned there from 2022 until late 2023. It is also the last known location of Russian political activist and prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1959
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1959
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.