Ohio prison hunger protester says warden made some changes

COLUMBUS (AP) — The organizer of a hunger strike at Ohio’s highest-security prison says inmates decided to end their protest after negotiating some changes with the warden.

Siddique Hasan, an inmate at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, says that the warden has agreed to allow more access to religious services.

But he adds that the warden wasn’t willing to meet their demands for changes to the prison’s recreation policies.

Hasan said in a phone call released by a representative on Wednesday that he and other inmates who began the hunger strike in mid-March will continue their protest if the warden doesn’t follow through with his promises.

A prisons department spokeswoman says the warden met with inmates and said a review was under way looking at several issues before the protest began.