Pardelup Prison Farm is an Australian minimum-security
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
located on a
mixed farming Mixed farming is a type of farming which involves both the growing of crops and the raising of livestock.
Such agriculture occurs across Asia and in countries such as India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, South Africa, China, Central Europe, Can ...
operation west of
Mount Barker, Western Australia
Mount Barker is a town on Albany Highway and the administrative centre of the Shire of Plantagenet in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. At the 2021 census, Mount Barker had a population of 2,855.
The town was named after the nea ...
.
The prison is unique to the region, with its focus on providing constructive work for prisoners to help to reintegrate into the community.
[
The site was originally the home of Andrew Muir (1802-1874), a district pioneer and flour-miller, and became a prison farm in 1927.]Shire of Plantagenet
The Shire of Plantagenet is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, managed from the town of Mount Barker, south of Perth and north of Albany. The shire covers an area of and includes the communities of ...
. It was reopened as a prison farm in 2010COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Australia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first confirmed case in Australia was identified on 25 Januar ...
, prisoners made 100 simple desks over two weeks for children who were having to study at home due to school closures, under Superintendent Jodi Miller.
References
1927 establishments in Australia
Prisons in Western Australia
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