Location | Kingsbury Drive, Serpentine Western Australia |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Minimum (Male) |
Capacity | Maximum 350 Dec 2011 |
Opened | March 1963 |
Closed | - |
Managed by | Department of Corrective Services |
Karnet Prison Farm is a minimum security Australian prison located 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Serpentine, Western Australia. The prison farm, located on a 375-hectare (927-acre) property, 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.