Food & Water The quality of food reported across PRDCs was extremely low. In general, respondents felt that there was enough food provided, usually 2-3 meals a day, yet the terrible quality resulted in the majority of people not eating it, preferring to buy dry food items from the markets where possible instead. Several people we spoke with described that food was not fresh, but often spoiled and mouldy making it inedible. Others noted that the variety of food was minimal, and that the same food was served daily, notably in Corinth multiple respondents complained about only being served potatoes every day. Only 8 people did not report food-related issues, indicating that more than 80% of respondents across PRDCs have experienced such difficulties. This is illustrated in photos below. In the case of Muršić v. Croatia the Court quoted one of the Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the appendix to which recalls that special attention should be paid to the provision of sufficient and suitably prepared and presented food.[222] In addition, the Court ruling refers to the Mandela rules, which defines that food of nutritional value adequate for health and strength, of wholesome quality, should be served.[223] Finally, the Court ruled that for detentions of a longer duration, the authorities must guarantee a balanced planning of menus, if necessary by setting up an internal structure for the catering of detainees. This is not consistent with the reports from people in detention centres in Greece.[224] Despite the majority of respondents stating that they had free access to tap water, which on the whole was clean, one individual reported that unless you paid for bottled water, there was only access to dirty water from the bathroom. This resulted in stomach problems and skin infections. Source: Corinth PRDC food, MIT respondent The food is, like, they gave us food three times a day. The only thing that we can find inside the food is potatoes, like, I mean really, we ate only potatoes for many months, only potatoes. Most of the food is of them. It made us feel dizzy sometimes because we didn't eat anything else except the potatoes or some beans. We felt like we were weak. Sardar, Corinth The food was really… some of it expired, sometimes really hard, the quality was really shit. And yeah, one time people did a hunger strike just because of food you know. Ali, Paranestii And then the food is also not good at all, sometimes the food is spoiled food, you cannot eat the food. You have to throw the food away. When you complain they don’t care about you. Emmanuel, Corinth 62