Police detention centres had already unanimously agreed years before (see NPM Report 2018, p. 145). The Ministry regretted this lapse. On the monitoring visit to Vordernberg detention centre in July 2019, the commission also criticised the use of the outdated version of detention log III to document the fitness to undergo detention examination of two detainees awaiting forced return. The Federal Ministry of the Interior regretted that the old version of the form was saved in the logging system and used at the time when the detainees were arrested. No entry of a certain detention in the „detention file prison administration“ application On the monitoring visit to Salzburg police detention centre in December 2019, it was observed that there was no entry for the detention of a detainee for less than 24 hours in the “Detention file prison administration” application. The Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that the Police Department of Salzburg had complained about the missing electronic records and had issued instructions to increase awareness of the officers in the police detention centre. Arrested and detained persons have certain rights of information and notification (see NPM Report 2018, p. 159). They shall be verifiably cautioned and informed of their rights. This shall be documented in the detention log. With their signature, the person shall confirm that they have been cautioned and acknowledge the receipt of information sheets or the waiver of their rights. Questionable use of the detention log On the monitoring visit to Salzburg police detention centre in August 2020, the commission requested access to the detention log for the arrest and detention of six persons who had attempted to disturb a demonstration in the city of Salzburg. However, the commission only received copies of the respective electronic information on where they were held. The extent of the cautioning was thus not visible. As the commission had requested the disclosure of the detention logs from the Police Department of Salzburg to no avail before the monitoring visit, it came to the conclusion that the detention log was neither used for the arrests nor the admission of the persons to the police detention centre. Unclear documentation of measures The commission observed deficits in the documentation of placements in specially secured cells during the monitoring visit to Innsbruck police detention centre in October 2020. It was not clear from the documentation why the placement in the specially secured cells was prescribed or ended, or why the detainee’s clothes were (partially) taken away. The comparison of several pieces of documentation also indicated that in some cases, in spite of a similar situation or circumstances, security measures of varying intensity such as the partial or complete removal of the detainee’s clothing were prescribed. 151