.

Bryan Kohberger, who was convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students during a 2022 home invasion, has asked to be transferred to a new prison, according to a report from The Seattle Times. Kohberger, 30, wrote in a series of handwritten requests that he has become a “frequent target” of harassment from other inmates in Idaho’s Maximum Security Institution.

“I am currently being verbally threatened on a minute-by-minute basis,” Kohberger, a former Ph.D. student in criminology, said in a statement cited by People. Kohberger was sentenced last month to life in prison with no possibility of parole. According to the court document, Kohberger wrote in one request that an inmate said to him, “I’ll b— f— you,” and another responded, “The only a– we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”

Kohberger first complained about the conditions two days after he was assigned to the J Block. He submitted another request less than a week later, during which he noted in his letter that he preferred to live on B Block, which he said was quieter and “where I would feel safer.”

“Tier 2 of J Block is an environment that I wish to transfer from if possible,” he wrote in another complaint. “I request transfer to B Block immediately. I wish to speak with you soon.”

In both notes, Kohberger emphasized that he had not engaged in any disruptive behaviors, including “flooding” and “striking.” In prison slang, flooding is clogging toilets and sinks to cause water damage to a cell, while striking can be used to mean “not following a work assignment, fighting, or other prohibited actions.”

Two guards have stated they heard “vulgar comments” directed at Kohberger but another officer said, “I don’t recall the specifics.” According to records viewed by The Seattle Times, Kohberger is in J Block this week, and state prison officials have not said whether they plan to grant his request. Until then, Kohberger will remain there under supervision.

Previous Confinement and Abuse from Other Inmates

Kohberger’s issues behind bars have not been limited to his current housing assignment. In an audio call from a county jail last year, Kohberger was shouted at by other inmates, one of whom yelled obscenities as Kohberger and his mother were on a video call. Another inmate in the same facility called Kohberger a “f—ing weirdo” and said that he would have “smoked” Kohberger had it not been for his “snitch factor.”

Court documents during Kohberger’s trial described him as socially inept with a “piercing stare” and “eye-rolling” when others spoke to him. Prosecutors said Kohberger didn’t fit in at his university and he lacked social awareness.

His lawyers, on the other hand, tried to defend Kohberger’s behavior in court as signs of high anxiety. Inmates and prison consultants said a combination of his notoriety and demeanor has left Kohberger a frequent target of harassment. “High-profile inmates nearly always face threats,” a prison consultant told The Seattle Times. “In Kohberger’s case, his demeanor just inflames the problem.”

In recent weeks, Kohberger has lost significant weight after spending two and a half years in state custody. He is currently housed at the same prison as Idaho’s most notorious inmates, such as convicted double murderer Chad Daybell, who is on death row. If his experience is any indication of what is to come, prison consultants said Kohberger might become the next Jeffrey Dahmer, who was stabbed and beaten to death by another inmate after being harassed for years.