Karnet Prison
Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Western Australian prison located in Keysbrook State Forest, 78 kilometres (48 mi) south of Perth, in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.
The prison farm is located on a 375-hectare (927-acre) property and produces most of the vegetables, meat, milk, and eggs for Western Australia's prisons. It has an abattoir, a dairy, a poultry farm, and an orchard and hydroponic gardens.
The location was made a prison in 1963, and was formerly a facility for the treatment of alcoholics.
It houses male prisoners, and has an inmate population of 360 as of 2019. It is a pre-release facility, open only to prisoners with less than five years to their earliest possible release date, and so aims to prepare prisoners for re-entrance into society after their incarceration.
Notable past inmates include Alan Bond and Jimmy Krakouer.
References
- ^ Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services. "Report of an Announced Inspection of Karnet Prison Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services. "Report of an Announced Inspection of Karnet Prison Farm April/May 2001" (PDF).
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- ^ Western Australia. Department of Corrective Services (2013), Karnet Prison Farm 1963 to 2013 : celebrating 50 years of making a positive difference, [Perth WA] Department of Corrective Services, retrieved 24 October 2016
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