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Reports from inmates allege that Bryan Kohberger’s daily hour of recreation in prison will take place in a chain-link cage that is filthy with waste. Complaints highlight these unsanitary conditions with feces and urine present.
The 30-year-old, convicted of four murders, was recently relocated to J-Block. This section is known for its strict confinement, housing inmates in protective custody or on death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
He is currently kept in a solitary cell, faces movement restrictions with restraints, and is permitted to shower only every alternate day. According to the Idaho Department of Corrections, he is also granted 60 minutes of outdoor time daily.
Situated 20 minutes from Boise, the Idaho Maximum Security Institution has faced accusations of mistreatment from individuals in solitary lock-up.
Prisoners in isolation describe their exercise time as being confined within ‘cages,’ which are metal boxes akin to chain links. They claim these areas are contaminated with human waste absorbed into the concrete surfaces.
In 2024, a group of inmates launched a six-day hunger strike, protesting delays in medical services and deplorable living conditions, as documented by the Idaho Statesman.
They said that the HVAC system had not been cleaned in decades and was clogged with garbage and human excrement.
Bryan Kohberger was moved to restrictive housing at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution last week
Inmates at the Idaho prison say that they are held in urine-soaked cages during their one hour of outdoor recreation time
The killer will be kept isolated for 23 hours a day and only allowed to shower every other day
The Idaho Department of Correction told CNN that the cages were ‘recreation enclosures’ and regularly cleaned. Inmates could also ask for the vents in their cells to be cleaned.
Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or appeal last month for the murders of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, on November 13, 2022.
The prison holds the state’s execution chambers, where a firing squad could have shot Kohberger had he not taken a controversial plea deal. Triple murderer Chad Daybell, who killed his first wife and his second wife’s two children in 2019, is awaiting his execution at the prison.
As previously reported, Kohberger will enjoy various privileges, including access to a TV, an electronic tablet with music, and emails, potentially affording him the opportunity to communicate with morbid fans.
To keep a tablet in his cell, Kohberger will have to pay $100, according to NewsNation. A TV will also cost him $100 and provide access to cable programming.
Kohberger was moved to the prison after sentencing last month.
Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on July 23 over the 2022 murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders), Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle
Kohberger (at an earlier hearing in June 2023) will not have the chance to appeal his sentence after taking a controversial plea deal
In exchange for Kohberger admitting guilt and waiving his right to appeal, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.
However, victims’ families remain divided over the legal resolution of the case.
Relatives of Chapin and Mogen supported the plea deal.
Mogen’s family said in a statement: ‘We now embark on a new path. We embark on a path of hope and healing.’
The family of Kaylee Goncalves have publicly denounced the outcome. Her sister, Aubrie Goncalves, 18, said in a Facebook post: ‘Bryan Kohberger facing a life in prison means he would still get to speak, form relationships, and engage with the world.
‘Meanwhile, our loved ones have been silenced forever,’ she wrote.
