Police detention centres communicate with each other through the open tray slots in the cell doors. The relevant police department has ordered measures to be taken to sensitise police detention centre personnel to the situation. In March 2017, the Federal Ministry of the Interior notified the NPM that in the future, it intends to use Wels police detention centre exclusively for the detention of asylum seekers after the relevant adaptations have been made. XX  Asylum seekers should be detained in open detention stations at police detention centres under the most benign conditions possible in accordance with Section 5a of the Detention Regulation. XX  Families of asylum seekers must always be held in detention together. Children must be provided with suitable toys and items to occupy themselves. XX  Detained asylum seekers must be actively offered showers upon admission to the police detention centre. 2.6.7 Inadequate documentation of detentions During a visit to Steyr police detention centre, the NPM found deficiencies in the documentation of detentions. For the most part, the electronic documentation lacked notes regarding detention in padded security cells. In addition, the form entitled “Detention log II” (“Anhalteprotokoll II”) had no entries and no signature of the detainee. The purpose of the form is to inform detainees of their rights and confirm that they have been informed of their rights by their signatures. Therefore, the NPM asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior to deal with these deficiencies in documentation. No proof that detainees were informed of their rights The Federal Ministry conceded that an incorrect cell assignment had inadvertently been entered in the electronic documentation. The Ministry’s explanation for the blank Detention log II was that the prisoner had been uncooperative and aggressive when admitted. However, the Federal Ministry admitted that this fact should have been documented on the form. Therefore, an appropriate police station training session was conducted. During a visit to Hernalser Gürtel police detention centre, a detainee complained that he did not know why he had been transferred to a single cell. The commission was unable to derive any clear information regarding the transfer from the accompanying document. It only contained notes regarding the cell assignment, which had been revised by hand, and a crossed-out date. The NPM asked the Federal Ministry of the Interior to inform personnel as to the necessary care in documenting transfers. Ambiguous documentation regarding transfers 157