Bryan Kohberger will not only be spending the rest of his life in prison for the violent murders of the Idaho Four – he’ll also be spending most of his time indoors and alone.
A representative for the Idaho Department of Corrections confirmed that Kohberger, 30, is “currently held in long-term restrictive housing” on J Block of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in the city of Kuna, according to Oxygen.com. The prison’s website refers to itself as “Idaho’s most secure correctional facility,” and it is known for housing violent offenders.
That particular block has room for “up to 128” inmates, including those in “protective custody, long-term restrictive housing and death row.” Kohberger will stay in a single-person cell, like all of the others living on that block, and will be “in restraints” when he needs to be moved.
As for daily life, he is expected to be indoors 23 hours of the day with only “one hour of outdoor recreation,” according to the spokesperson. He is also given access to shower “every other day.”
Inmates are additionally allowed to attend religious services.
Convicted killer Chad Daybell is another infamous resident on J Block at the Idaho prison. He was sentenced to death in June 2024 for his role in the murders of his stepchildren children – Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan – in 2019.
Their mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, was also sentenced to life behind bars. However, all of her legal matters have yet to be resolved and she is currently still incarcerated at a Maricopa County jail in Arizona.
As the National Enquirer previously reported, Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to killing Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.
Newly released police records from Corporal Brett Payne, the lead investigator in the case, said that Kohberger exhibited some strange behaviors in jail in the two years that led up to his sentencing.
An inmate at Latah County Jail described the killer as “annoying,” and claimed he “would be awake almost all night.” He also said he took “45 minutes to an hour in the shower” and washed his hands “dozens of times” in a day.
While the inmate said Kohberger had seemed “intelligent” and “polite” for the most part, there was one moment when he became upset. The man recalled yelling “you suck” while watching sports on television — referring to one of the athletes — but Kohberger “immediately got up” and “aggressively asked” him if he’d been talking about him or his mother.
Kohberger was moved from Latah County to Idaho Maximum Security Institution on July 31. He is expected to remain there for the rest of his life.
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