Corrective colony No. 6, Vladimir Oblast

{{Short description|Prison in Melekhovo, Russia}}

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| prison_name = FKU Corrective Colony No. 6 of the FSIN of Russia for Vladimir Oblast

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| location = Melekhovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russia

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| status = Operational

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| managed_by = Federal Penitentiary Service

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FKU'FKU' stands for Federal Governmental Institution ("federalnoye kazyonnoye uchrezhdeniye") and UFSIN is for Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service ("Управление федеральной службы исполнения наказаний"). 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-15/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-moved-to-high-security-penal-c/101152948 |title='A monstrous place': Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny reportedly moved to notorious IK-6 prison |newspaper=ABC News |date=14 June 2022 |access-date=26 December 2023 |via=www.abc.net.au}}{{Cite web|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2018/07/26/77289-promochil-nogi-v-kartsere-i-umer-ot-pnevmonii |title=Промочил ноги в карцере и умер от пневмонии |trans-title=Got his feet wet in the punishment cell and died of pneumonia |website=Новая газета (Nova Gazeta) |date=26 July 2018 |access-date=26 December 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/the-times-view-on-alexei-navalnys-health-issues-putins-poison-dkmjfrnsr |title=The Times view on Alexei Navalny's health issues: Putin's Poison (The Times Leading Articles) |via=www.thetimes.co.uk |date=17 April 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023}}

Russian opposition leader and prisoner of conscience Alexei Navalny was imprisoned there from 2022 until late 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/16/at-alexey-navalny-s-new-prison-torture-is-rampant |title=At Alexey Navalny's new prison, torture is rampant At least two past inmates died after being beaten |website=Meduza |date=16 June 2022 |access-date=26 December 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-navalny-faces-new-charges-after-prison-provocation-lawyer-2023-04-18/ |title=Russia's Navalny faces new charges after prison 'provocation' - lawyer |date=18 April 2023 |via=www.reuters.com |access-date=26 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Nechepurenko |first1=Ivan |last2=Troianovski |first2=Anton |title=Aleksei Navalny Found in Remote Arctic Prison, Easing Fears Over His Safety |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/world/europe/russia-navalny-found-prison.html |access-date=26 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=25 December 2023}}

It is also the last known location of Russian political activist and prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-opposition-crackdown-prison-kara-murza-76a4e94f6f2211850da5a0b7ed43bf8e|title=A Kremlin critic was transferred to a Siberian prison and placed in a 'punishment cell,' lawyer says|newspaper=The Associated Press|first=Dasha|last=Litvinova|date=24 September 2023}}{{Dubious|date=August 2024|reason=Should be IK-6 in Omsk oblast?}}

Dissident journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza was later transferred elsewhere and then, in August 2024, released from detention.{{Cite news |last=Cadwalladr |first=Carole |date=2024-09-22 |title=Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident |access-date=2024-09-22 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}