By Corrections1 Staff
RICHLAND, Wash. — A food strike at a Washington prison has ended after officials agreed to add hard-boiled eggs to inmates’ breakfast as well as other compromises.
The primary complaints from inmates at Connell’s Coyote Ridge Corrections Center was the pre-packaged “breakfast boats” containing a muffin, breakfast bar, an oatmeal or cereal packet with powdered milk and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, the Tri-City Herald reports.
Washington Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Takacs say the prison is replacing the muffin with hard-boiled eggs to improve protein content.
Nearly 1,700 of the 2,065 inmates declined meals over the complaints about food quality and other conditions.
Officials have also agreed to increase the number of inmate-purchased TVs and to re-pad benches in an exercise area.