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Karnet Prison Farm

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Karnet Prison
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Karnet Prison Farm () is located in Keysbrook State Forest south of Perth
LocationSerpentine, Western Australia
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StatusOperational
Security classMinimum (male)
Capacity360 (as of 2019)
OpenedMarch 1963
Managed byDepartment of Justice, Western Australia
WardenSuperintendent: Alan Clements

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]

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 therefore aims to prepare prisoners for re-entrance into society after their incarceration.[9]

Notable past inmates include Alan Bond and Jimmy Krakouer.[3]

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