Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corrections Act 1986 - SECT 47DA

Offence for prisoner to send distressing or traumatic letters

47DA. Offence for prisoner to send distressing or traumatic letters

A prisoner must not send or cause to be sent, or attempt to send or cause to
be sent, a letter to a victim who is not listed in section 47(1)(m) if the
prisoner knows, or ought reasonably to know, that the letter contains written
or pictorial matter that may be regarded as distressing or traumatic by the
victim or any other victim who might reasonably receive it. Penalty: 6 months
imprisonment.