Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Western Australian prison located in Keysbrook State Forest, 78 kilometres (48 mi) south of Perth,[1] in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.[2]
  Location in Western Australia | |
| Location | Serpentine, Western Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°26′23″S 116°04′38″E / 32.4397°S 116.0772°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum (male) |
| Capacity | 360 (as of 2019) |
| Opened | March 1963 |
| Managed by | Department of Justice, Western Australia |
| Warden | Superintendent: Alan Clements |
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.[3][4] It has an abattoir, a dairy, a poultry farm, and an orchard and hydroponic gardens.[5][6]
The location was made a prison in 1963,[7][8] and was formerly a facility for the treatment of alcoholics.[1]
It houses male prisoners, and has an inmate population of 360 as of 2019.[5] It is a pre-release facility,[5] open only to prisoners with less than five years to their earliest possible release date,[4] and so aims to prepare prisoners for re-entrance into society after their incarceration.[9]
Notable past inmates include Alan Bond and Jimmy Krakouer.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b 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).
- ^ a b "Go behind at Karnet Prison". 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013.
- ^ a b Campbell, Kate (17 May 2016). "Perth jails: What life is like for inmates at WA's Karnet Prison Farm". PerthNow. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services. "2019 Inspection of Karnet Prison Farm" (PDF).
- ^ Murphy, Sean (19 February 2012). "Inside job". ABC Landline. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "In Western Australia This Week". The Canberra Times. Vol. 36, no. 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
- ^ "Karnet Prison Farm". Correctiveservices.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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