Department for Correctional Services

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{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Department for Correctional Services

| type = department

| formed = 1993

| preceding1 = Department of Correctional Services (1974-1993)

| preceding2 = Prisons Department (1965-1974)

| preceding3 = Sherrif's, Gaols and Prison Department (1936-1965)

| preceding4 = Gaols and Prisons Department (1867-1936)

| preceding5 = Sherrif's Department (1867-1936)

| jurisdiction = South Australia

| headquarters = 400, King William Street, Adelaide.

| employees = 2098 {{cite web |last1=Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment |title=Workplace Information Report 2022-2023 |url=https://www.publicsector.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/955304/OCPSE-WIR2023.pdf |website=Public Sector SA |publisher=South Australian Government |access-date=4 March 2024}}

| budget = $169.2 million (2022-2023){{cite web |last1=Department for Correctional Services |title=2022-2023 Annual Report |url=https://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/965319/DCS-Annual-Report-2022-23.pdf |website=Department for Correctional Services |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=8 March 2024}}

| minister1_name = Joe Szakacs

| minister1_pfo = Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services

| chief1_name = David Brown

| chief1_position = Chief Executive

| website ={{URL|https://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/home|Department for Correctional Services}}

}}The Department for Correctional Services is the department of the Government of South Australia responsible for adult prisoners, including supervision of offenders and their rehabilitation, in order to protect the public against further crime in the state.

There are nine prisons in the state, including the Adelaide Remand Centre for offenders on remand.{{cite web | title=Our responsibilities | website=Department for Correctional Services | date=23 June 2020 | url=https://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/about/what-we-do/our-responsibilities | access-date=8 July 2020}}{{cite web | title=Prison locations | website=Department for Correctional Services | date=18 September 2018 | url=https://www.corrections.sa.gov.au/prison/prison-locations | access-date=8 July 2020}}