Where Is Bryan Kohberger Going to Prison After Receiving 4 Life Sentences for Idaho College Murders?

Bryan Kohberger might be spending the rest of his life behind bars in Idaho’s only maximum security prison.

Us Weekly can confirm that Kohberger has been officially transferred to the Idaho Maximum Security Institution located inside the Idaho State Correctional Complex in Kuna, Idaho, days after his sentencing hearing.

The 30-year-old was sentenced to four lifetimes in prison on Wednesday, July 23, after breaking into a Moscow, Idaho, house located at 1122 King Road in November 2022 and murdering college students Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

Keep scrolling for everything to know about where Kohberger will serve his sentence:

Where Is Bryan Kohberger In Prison?

He was placed at Idaho’s only maximum security prison, which has a capacity of 535 inmates, according to the Idaho Department of Correction website. The prison, which opened in November 1989, “houses Idaho’s most dangerous and volatile male residents.”

Multiple outlets have reported that the prison has received a bad reputation for its conditions. In 2024, it was on the list of 15 Worst Prisons in America published by Security Journal Americas. The Independent reported on Thursday, July 24, that there have been reports of “violent brawls, feces-covered recreation ‘cages’ and a dirty ventilation system described as being ‘biohazard.’”

Will Bryan Kohberger Serve His Sentence in Idaho?

Kohberger is expected to spend the rest of his life in the Idaho prison. However, an Idaho Department of Correction spokesperson told People on Thursday that Kohberger will enter a two-week reception and diagnostic process, which will “evaluate [his] needs and determine appropriate housing placement.”

It will then be decided whether Kohberger will stay in Idaho or be transferred to prison in a different state.

What Did Bryan Kohberger Do?

Unsealed investigative documents released by the Moscow Police Department offer more details on Kohberger’s crimes, revealing that he stabbed Kernodle more than 50 times. She was the only victim who had obvious defense wounds. Goncalves, meanwhile, was stabbed more than 20 times and was “unrecognizable” to law enforcement on the scene.

Kohberger was arrested in December 2022, one month after the murders took place. He initially entered a not guilty plea. Earlier this month, Kohberger changed his plea to guilty and admitted to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary as part of a deal that would take the death penalty off the table. (Prosecutors would have sought the death penalty had the case gone to trial next month.)

Kohberger declined to address the victims’ families and friends at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday.