Current Operation
- Operating as a special purpose abattoir
Location
- 30 km E of Mandurah
Source – Hema Maps. Australia Truckies Atlas
Owner
- Karnet Prison farm – is a minimum security prison2
Operation
- Cattle & sheep processed in abattoir1
- Training site for prisoners to gain experience and knowledge in agricultural production for employment prospects.2
- Karnet works in conjunction with Pardelup prison farm (Mt Barker), have herd of cattle and sheep, produce is sold on the open market and steers brought to process in the abattoir with cull animals off the farms in the abattoir and boning plant.3
- Farms produce milk, eggs, vegetables and fruit for other prisons in WA, estimated to save $2M a year in the produce being able to be supplied.3
- Equipment, sheds and hydroponic systems built from equipment seized in drug raids.3
History
1963
- Prison farm established2
Sources
- WAMIA Meat processors 2013
- http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/prisons/prison-locations/karnet.aspx
- ‘Inside job’ Landline. 19.02.12. http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2012/s3434298.htm
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