Karnet Prison Farm
Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Australian prison located in the Keysbrook State Forest, 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.
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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