| Karnet Prison | |
| Pushpin Map: | Australia Western Australia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Western Australia |
| Location: | Serpentine, Western Australia |
| Status: | Operational |
| Classification: | Minimum (male) |
| Capacity: | 360 (as of 2019) |
| Opened: | March 1963 |
| Warden: | Superintendent: Alan Clements |
| Managed By: | Department of Justice, Western Australia |
| Coordinates: | -32.4397°N 116.0772°W |
Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum-security Western Australian prison located in Keysbrook State Forest, 78km (48miles) south of Perth,[1] in the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.[2]
The prison farm is located on a 3750NaN0 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] 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.[8]
Notable past inmates include Alan Bond and Jimmy Krakouer.