Police detention centres to shorten the duration of arrivals quarantine in the event of a negative test result. This recommendation was made because of a previously forwarded report from the Federal Ministry of the Interior on the COVID-19 infection of two detainees awaiting forced return directly before their forced return by air. In January 2021, the Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that there were no plans to use COVID-19 tests on detainees without a justified case of suspected infection, as these could result in false negative test results, for example because there is too little virus material at the time of the test. According to the Ministry, there is no legal basis for the obligatory COVID-19 testing of detainees. COVID-19 testing of detainees only in suspected cases The Federal Ministry of the interior announced, however, that all employees of the Ministry have had the opportunity to take part in voluntary antigen tests since December 2020. Furthermore, the Ministry reported about the intention to create a department-wide test strategy according to which the employees working in detention enforcement in particular are entitled to two voluntary anonymous COVID-19 tests. The commissions identified several deficits in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic on their visits to the detention centres. For example, they noticed on the monitoring visits to Hernalser Gürtel police detention centre in March and July 2020, and to Innsbruck police detention centre in October 2020 that the receivers of the intercom in the visiting area were not disinfected after each use. Furthermore, there was doubt on a monitoring visit to Roßauer Lände police detention centre that the door handles and the telephone system for the detainees were cleaned regularly. Inadequate surface disinfection On the visit to Innsbruck police detention centre in October 2020 the commission found the disinfectant dispensers in the women’s washrooms and in the hallway empty. The monitoring visit to Hernalser Gürtel police detention centre in July 2020 showed that there was no disinfectant in the cells and no disinfectant dispensers at the entrances to the police detention centres. During the latter visit, the detainees complained about the lack of written information in foreign languages on the hygiene measures for the prevention of COVID-19 infection. Furthermore, it was observed on the monitoring visits to Vordernberg police detention centre and Roßauer Lände police detention centre that there was only information in German and English on the hygiene protection measures. Inadequate information on protective measures The deployment of a prisoner serving an administrative penalty as a house worker in Graz police detention centre appeared critical to the commission. Although only admitted to the police detention centre just five days before the monitoring visit, the detainee was not in quarantine but helping out with serving food to the other detainees. 136