Karnet

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

1. WAMIA Meat processors 2013
2. http://www.correctiveservices.wa.gov.au/prisons/prison-locations/karnet.aspx
3. ‘Inside job’ Landline. 19.02.12. http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2012/s3434298.htm