Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The following actions are prohibited in relation to a child or young person held in custody in a youth justice custodial centre—
(a) the use of physical force for the purposes of disciplining the child or young person;
(b) the administering of corporal punishment, that is, any action which inflicts, or is intended to inflict, physical pain or discomfort on the child or young person as a punishment;
(c) the use of any form of psychological pressure intended to intimidate or humiliate the child or young person;
(d) the use of any form of physical or emotional abuse;
(e) the adoption of any kind of discriminatory treatment;
(f) the use of isolation as a punishment, or for the purposes of disciplining a child or young person or as a generalised behaviour management strategy.
(2) The following actions are prohibited in relation to a child or young person who is in the custody of a youth justice custodial officer under a transfer authority or who is being escorted or supervised by a youth justice custodial officer under a temporary leave permit—
(a) the use of physical force for the purposes of disciplining the child or young person;
(b) the administering of corporal punishment, that is, any action which inflicts, or is intended to inflict, physical pain or discomfort on the child or young person as a punishment;
(c) the use of any form of psychological pressure intended to intimidate or humiliate the child or young person;
(d) the use of any form of physical or emotional abuse;
(e) the adoption of any kind of discriminatory treatment.
Division 2—Use of force