Minister for Corrective Services (Western Australia)

The Minister for Corrective Services is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia, first created in 1983 during the Burke Ministry.

The current Minister for Corrective Services is Paul Papalia of the Labor Party, who holds the position as a member of the Cook ministry.

The minister, who has often held other portfolios in addition to protective services, is responsible for the state government's Department of Corrective Services (DCS), which runs the state's corrections system.

Prior to the portfolio's creation in 1983, responsibility for prisons had rested with either the Minister for Justice or the Attorney-General.

[1] In the table below, members of the Legislative Council are designated "MLC".