() The prison where Bryan Kohberger is serving his life sentence for killing four Idaho students says he is safe despite his complaints about inmates taunting him since his arrival.
“We are aware of Kohberger’s complaints about what he considers taunting,” the Idaho Department of Corrections told in a statement.
“Incarcerated individuals commonly communicate with each other in prison. Bryan Kohberger is housed alone in a cell, and IDOC security staff maintain a safe and orderly environment for all individuals in our custody.”
learned that Kohberger was being “tormented” by his fellow inmates, who are taking turns shouting through the air ducts all day and all night to keep him from sleeping or hearing himself think during the day.
Kohberger, who was sentenced to life in prison after accepting a plea deal, is being housed in solitary confinement outside of Boise. He was moved to the “J Block” one week after being sentenced.
That block of the prison houses the worst of the worst outside of being on death row, according to Chris McDonough, director of the Cold Case Foundation.
“It’s really a prison within a prison,” said McDonough. “However, the disadvantage that he’s at, is that there’s not a whole bunch of room where they can start moving other inmates around.”
Inside the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, Kohberger and other inmates spend 23 hours a day inside their cells. The type of housing is meant for prisoners who could be injured by inmates in the general population or who could hurt others.
Prisoners get an hour outside each day in a courtyard surrounded by cement. Some inmates are placed in cages in the outdoor area because they are so dangerous.
Kohberger accepted a plea deal weeks before he was set to go to trial for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.
He killed the college students inside their off-campus apartment in Moscow on Nov. 13, 2022.
The deal took the death penalty off the table in exchange for a guilty plea. The former graduate student was handed four life sentences last month.
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got a rare look inside the Idaho supermax prison where Bryan Kohberger will spend the rest of his life. -
Cells inside the Idaho Maximum Security Institution -
Inmates spend 23 hours a day inside their cells, with food and water fed through doors into their cells. -
They are allowed to sit at tables outside their cell but are either cuffed to the table or placed inside a cage, where they can use tablets for visitation. -
Most inmates can buy a tablet to have in their cell for $100 that contains music, email, and movies, and they can also buy a TV, which has basic cable. -
When Entin was in the cellblock, he saw inmates doing something called fishing, which is when they use strings from blankets or a T-shirt to send notes under their door. -
Prisoners get an hour outside each day in a courtyard surrounded by cement, but some inmates are placed in cages in the outdoor area because they are so dangerous. -
An outdoor cage at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution
