The article discusses the use of restrictive interventions (RIs), such as restraint and seclusion, in Victoria, Australia. According to the authors, the use of restrictive interventions to control intellectually disabled individuals is under greater scrutiny by government and community sector services as a result of questions related to the clinical efficacy and ethical appropriateness of the interventions. Topics include an overview of the establishment of the Office of the Senior Practitioner in Victoria, which protects the rights of individuals subjected to RIs, the creation of a Restrictive Intervention Data System (RIDS), and the analyses of data from the Office of the Senior Practitioner RIDS from 2007-2008.