I would think that some POW's might have more on them than others - you always have the expert scroungers in any POW camp that manage to find ways to get things that no one else has - and there are ways to make weapons as well even under the tightest controls (clubs, slings, crude knives and stilettos, etc..) - you could see a character who was a medic being appointed the POW's doctor and thus having a very basic medical kit on him that whoever is running the camp allows him to have
as for shoes that also depends on where the camp is - in the tropics you could see them issued nothing but sandals and their old rotted out shoes whereas in colder areas they would be still be in their combat boots which would be on the point of giving out most likely after years of use and abuse
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