Bryan Kohberger — a Vegan — Accuses Prison of Denying Him Food Alternatives, Demands 'Full Tray' at Meals By Chris Spargo 90

Bryan Kohberger filed two complaints in his first two days in the J-Block at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.

The first, filed on July 30, requested a transfer to another section of the prison, and the second, submitted the following day, accused staff of depriving him of food.

“I have on several occasions not received all items of food on my tray,” Kohberger wrote on July 31 in a handwritten complaint obtained by PEOPLE and first reported on by the Idaho Statesman.

He went on to write that when he brought the issue up during meal service, he did not receive any replacements as requested — and that no one even contacted the kitchen.

Kohberger is a strict vegan — likely the reason he’s requesting these replacements — and the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) does offer a vegan alternative for inmates at all meals.

“The policy book confirms items missing which are pointed out during service will be replaced,” Kohberger wrote.

He continued: “I wish to, without exception, receive these replacements.”

Kohberger then closed out his complaint by writing: “The nutritional standard is not being upheld unless I receive my full tray.”

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Kohberger has already submitted five formal complaints in the three weeks since he has been in the custody of the IDOC.

In one, he complained of being sexually harassed and threatened by his fellow inmates.

Kohberger accused one inmate of saying “I’ll b— f— you” and another of stating that “the only a– we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”

The guard on duty at that time wrote in an incident report that he did recall vulgar comments from inmates which were directed at Kohberger on the date and time in question, but because he could not identify the individuals responsible, the complaint was closed out by prison officials.

It is unclear if the complaint has been resolved; a spokesperson for the IDOC did not respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

After filing his initial complaint seeking a transfer, a prison official wrote that the J-block is “generally a fairly calm and quieter tier.”

Kohberger received a sentence of four lifetimes in prison after admitting he murdered four students at the University of Idaho: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

All four were found brutally stabbed to death on Nov. 13, 2022 at their off-campus home in the town of Moscow.

Investigators still are not sure what connection Kohberger may have had with the Idaho students, nor his motive for the crime.