Karnet Prison Farm
Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Australian prison located 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Serpentine, Western Australia.
  Location in Western Australia | |
| Location | Serpentine, Western Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32.4397°S 116.0772°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum (male) |
| Capacity | 326 (as at 2 October 2013) |
| Opened | March 1963 |
| Managed by | Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia |
| Warden | Superintendent: Alan Clements |
The prison farm[1] is located on a 375-hectare (927-acre) property and provides meat, eggs, and vegetables for the entire prison system in Western Australia. It breeds cattle and sheep and also has an abattoir, a dairy, a poultry farm, market gardens and an orchard that supplies citrus and stone fruit.
The prison is located in the Keysbrook State Forest, 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of Perth.
Notable inmates have included Alan Bond and Jimmy Krakouer.[4]
References
- Corrective Services - Karnet Prison Farm
- "In Western Australia This Week". The Canberra Times. 36 (10, 049). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 October 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 24 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- 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
- http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/go-behind-bars-at-karnet-prison-farm/story-fnhocxo3-1226608701606
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