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Bryan Kohberger, the former criminology Ph.D. student convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in a 2022 home invasion, is asking to be moved to a new housing unit at his Idaho prison. In a handwritten letter, Kohberger, 30, is asking prison officials to transfer him to a different area in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution after alleged harassment and threats from fellow inmates, some of whom used explicit language about sexually assaulting him.

The Pennsylvania man had submitted several handwritten grievances since arriving at the J Block section of the prison last month. Kohberger, who is assigned to a unit that houses the state’s most violent, high-profile, and even death row inmates, had been transferred there from a county jail.

In his initial request, first reported by People, Kohberger claimed he was facing “minute-by-minute verbal threats” in the J Block and wanted to be transferred to B Block, or a different, quieter wing of the prison. In another note, Kohberger said an inmate told him directly, “I’ll b— f— you.” Another man threatened to let Kohberger “eat it,” according to the filing, but said he was also being warned by others that “the only a– we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”

Guards who were alerted to the threats reportedly acknowledged that they had heard other inmates use vulgar language while speaking about Kohberger. However, one guard said he did not recall the exact words used. Kohberger, in his own note, wrote that his assignment was subjecting him to frequent verbal abuse and the potential for violence.

“As I continue the SPI phase, I wish to discuss if I may be transferred to another ad-seg setting,” he added, referring to administrative segregation, or the prison’s protective housing in which it isolates at-risk inmates from the general population. “Tier 2 of J-block is an environment that I wish to transfer from if possible. I request transfer to B Block immediately. I wish to speak with you soon.”

A Pattern of Issues

Kohberger’s J Block complaints were not the first issues he had had with other inmates. According to court filings, during a jail stay before he was convicted and sentenced, Kohberger was made fun of by other inmates, including one who yelled at Kohberger during a jail video call, “you suck.” Another inmate, who he never interacted with, later confessed to Kohberger that he called Kohberger a “f—ing weirdo” and would have beaten him up if not for fear of retaliation.

Kohberger’s behavior has also raised eyebrows in prison. According to a pre-sentence report, his defense attorneys said he was “somewhat socially awkward” with a “piercing stare” and had poor social skills. However, one prison consultant and expert said Kohberger’s personality traits could have made him a prime target of other inmates from the start.

“Kohberger entered the system with a bullseye on his back,” one prison consultant and inmate expert, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the case, told Fox News Digital. “High-profile killers always tend to get attention, and he’s an outsider in a state that’s not his own.”

The consultant said prisons had made changes over the years to better accommodate high-profile inmates, especially killers who were convicted of violent murders. He noted there were even multiple programs available for correction officers to deal with potential problems with inmates before they turned violent or even deadly, including the case of convicted Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

“In Kohberger’s case, because of what he did and how he did it, his problems will only increase, at a much faster rate than Dahmer,” the consultant said. “This will not end well for him.”

Authorities have not confirmed any moves for Kohberger. As of Wednesday morning, his online housing assignment status still put him in the J Block section of the prison. The Idaho Department of Correction has not publicly acknowledged or denied Kohberger’s transfer requests or even whether he has been the subject of inmate threats as he claims.

Flooding and “striking”

Kohberger’s court filing also mentioned flooding and “striking” in his written complaint, though he did not elaborate on what he meant. Flooding in prison is commonly used to mean deliberately overloading sinks or toilets with paper or other material to clog them up and cause massive flooding that ruins housing units or common areas.

Striking, meanwhile, can be a wide range of actions. It often includes refusing to work at an assigned job or refusing to comply with staff instructions. Striking can also mean violent or disciplinary offenses such as brawls, instigating or joining a gang, refusing orders, or other misbehavior. Kohberger’s letter said he was “flooding and striking in B” and requested to be “shifted” to J to avoid harassment. However, he also said he had not engaged in any of these activities himself.

So far, Kohberger is at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution with no chance of parole. Sentenced to life in prison without parole after he was convicted in December, Kohberger has lost weight since he began his 75-year sentence and has spent the last two-plus years in various prisons. Located outside of Boise, Idaho’s most secure prison has some of the state’s worst and most high-profile inmates, including Chad Daybell, who is on death row for the 2019 murders of his first wife and the two children of his current wife.

Kohberger’s adjustment to his new environment has been an adjustment. Guards reportedly report near-constant taunts from other inmates. Kohberger, who already was described by his defense attorneys as socially awkward with a piercing stare and poor social skills, has even had to be coaxed by correction officers to eat his meals, and experts said he could be subject to even harsher treatment than convicted serial killers like Dahmer, who was beaten to death by another inmate in prison back in 1994 after years of harassment inside.