IDOC pledges to limit access to inmate records after releasing Byran Kohberger prison rape threat

Idaho prison officials have vowed to limit access to inmate records after releasing a graphic sexual harassment complaint filed by Bryan Kohberger in which the convicted killer begged for a transfer after a fellow inmate threatened to “b—h f–k” him.

“The Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) recently made available public records associated with complaints filed by Bryan Kohberger in response to public records requests submitted by members of the news media and the public,” a department spokesperson told The Post.

“IDOC seeks to clarify that additional scrutiny will be applied to future requests for public records concerning any individual in IDOC custody,” the spokesperson added.

“The media and the public can expect that similar public records requests submitted in the future may be denied altogether or may produce records that will be redacted consistent with the Idaho Public Records Act in order to protect the safety and security of the prison population, staff, and our operations,” the IDOC continued.

The policy clarification from the IDOC comes as Kohberger, the convicted killer of four University of Idaho undergrads, barely made it one night in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Boise before requesting to be moved to another part of the hellhole prison on July 30 over constant harassment, according to documents obtained by People.

The request complained of “minute-by-minute verbal threats/harassment,” as well as prisoners flooding their own cells with toilet water and other mischief.

Less than a week later, Kohberger gave a guard a handwritten note claiming a fellow inmate had threatened to rape him, People reported.

Another inmate allegedly said: “The only a– we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”

The IDOC has previously issued a statement downplaying claims that fellow inmates have been tormenting and taunting the convicted killer by yelling through vents.

The department also noted that it will “comply with all applicable laws” when responding to inmate records requests from the media.

“We will continue to balance confidentiality, public safety, security, and habilitation with the public’s interest in disclosure,” the IDOC spokesperson said.

“We also take reports of threats and harassment seriously. Each matter is investigated thoroughly, and when appropriate, we take disciplinary action in accordance with our policies and the law,” they added.

Kohberger in the prison’s notorious J Block, which houses a mix of general population and death row inmates.

Long-term prisoners are kept in their own cells, moved in restraints, allowed only one hour of outdoor time each day, and allowed a shower only once every second day.

The treatment makes Kohberger’s pre-trial housing in county jails — in which he took hourlong showers and constantly requested clean clothes and bedding — look downright ritzy.

Yet even a lifetime in Block J isn’t bad enough for some family members of Kohberger’s victims, who had pushed for the death penalty.

Kohberger dodged the firing squad as part of a “guilty” plea deal for the brutal slayings of undergrads Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in their off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho.