Police detention centres correctional institutions. In the view of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the legal scope of contact to the outside of persons in police detention is amply ensured through the regulations in Sections 19 to 21 of the Detention Regulation. The NPM could not understand this, as the opportunity to receive visits from family members in particular requires that these persons can travel to the respective location of the police detention centre. That this opportunity to travel is unrestricted at all times is to be doubted in light of the pandemic situation and any recent curfews. Apart from that, video telephony is a considerably cheaper way for detainees (awaiting forced return) to communicate with their relatives compared to telephone calls with foreign countries. The NPM will continue to promote the implementation of video telephony in detention enforcement. Digital documentation of curative medical detainee information In 2019 the NPM initiated ex-officio proceedings regarding the establishment of the digital documentation of curative medical detainee information for all institutions (see NPM Report 2019, p. 159). The Federal Ministry of the Interior responded that it planned the completion of the application called “Detention file prison administration” (“Anhaltedatei-Vollzugsverwaltung” – AD-VW Neu) including a medical module (“Medizinmodul”) by October 2020. Pandemic-related delays The Federal Ministry of the Interior subsequently reported that the “Detention file prison administration” application is ready for go-live, and the rollout of the software has been underway since September 2020. However, the Ministry conceded that the readiness for use of the commissioned “Medicine Module” is to be expected in the first quarter of 2021 due to delays caused by the pandemic. Time-consuming approval testing of the software and user training are required before the change to electronic documentation and the go-live of the “Medicine Module”. The Ministry was not able to give a date for the productive operation of the “Medicine Module”. The NPM will therefore continue to monitor the measures taken by the Ministry for establishing the digital documentation of curative medical detainee information. X The opportunity for detainees to use free-of-charge or cheap video telephony should be set up in police detention centres. X The digital documentation of curative medical detainee information for all institutions should be set up in all police detention centres as soon as possible. 143