Savić was the commander of the Batković prison camp at Bijeljina, which was established in June 1992 on a farm where around 1,200-1,700 non-Serb prisoners of war and one-third of civilians were also allegedly detained "for their own protection". In the camp, the prisoners were housed in poor conditions and there was mistreatment of military and civilian prisoners by Serb soldiers, even with fatalities.[4]