Share and Follow
Bryan Kohberger, who’s now serving out multiple life sentences for fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, is currently in a facility surrounded by razor wire.
That’s one of the forbidding features of the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, which is located about 20 miles from Boise, Idaho, and where Kohberger is now behind bars.
The facility, described as one of the “15 Worst Prisons in America” by a security-industry journal — is where Kohberger is after being sentenced on July 23 to four life terms for the brutal 2022 murders of University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Madison Mogen.
To find out what’s in store behind bars for the 30-year-old former doctoral student who struck a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, read on.
Where is Bryan Kohberger now?
Kohberger is currently behind bars at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution. The Idaho Department of Correction told reported.
What is Bryan Kohberger’s prison like?
The Idaho Maximum Security Institution has been tailored to accommodate extreme violent offenders. According to its website, its “Idaho’s most secure correctional facility, designed to house the most dangerous and the most disruptive incarcerated individuals.”
Capacity is 535 at the prison in Kuna, Idaho. A forbidding place, it is secured by a double-perimeter fence reinforced with razor wire and an electronic detection system.
The prison has different layers of housing, including “close custody,” which is the most restrictive among them, and where inmates spend 23 hours a day in a cell and are have to wear restraints when moved, 6ABC reported. There’s also “protective custody” for those inmates who feel they’re at risk in the facility.
Conditions at the Idaho Maximum Securty InstItution are so severe that in 2024, it was ranked among the “15 Worst Prisons in America” by Security Journal Americas, which covers the security industry.
The Journal referenced overcrowding and “numerous reports of inmate-on-inmate violence, as well as allegations of excessive force by correctional officers.” Also cited were “severe conditions and strict security measures,” and the “common” use of “solitary confinement lockdowns.”
Also, “The prison has faced criticism for its harsh treatment of inmates and inadequate mental health care,” Security Journal Americas added.
