the detainees at omarska had one meal a day. the food was usually spoiled and the process of getting the food, eating and returning the plate usually lasted around three minutes. meals were often accompanied by beatings. the toilets were blocked and there was human waste everywhere. ed vulliamy, a british journalist, testified that when he visited the camp, the detainees were in a very poor physical condition. he witnessed them eating a bowl of soup and some bread and said that he had the impression they had not eaten in a long time. they appeared to be terrified. the detainees drank water from a river that was polluted with industrial waste and many suffered from constipation or dysentery. no criminal report was ever filed against persons detained in the omarska camp, nor were the detainees apprised of any concrete charges against them. apparently, there was no objective reason justifying these people’s detention.