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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured at the Arizona prison where he is serving a 22-year sentence for murdering George Floyd.
Chauvin, 47, was attacked on Friday, AP reported, at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson - a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incarcerated person was assaulted at FCI Tucson at around 12:30pm local time Friday.
In a statement, the agency said responding employees contained the incident and performed 'life-saving measures' before the inmate, who it did not name, was taken to a hospital for further treatment and evaluation.
Chauvin was sent to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison in August 2022 to simultaneously serve a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights and a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence for second-degree murder.
Chauvin's lawyer, Eric Nelson, had advocated for keeping him out of general population and away from other inmates, anticipating he'd be a target.
In Minnesota, Chauvin was mainly kept in solitary confinement 'largely for his own protection,' Nelson wrote in court papers last year.
Derek Chauvin stabbed in Arizona prison where he is serving 22 years
Chauvin, 47, was attacked on Friday, AP reported, at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson - a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incarcerated person was assaulted at FCI Tucson at around 12:30pm local time Friday.
In a statement, the agency said responding employees contained the incident and performed 'life-saving measures' before the inmate, who it did not name, was taken to a hospital for further treatment and evaluation.
Chauvin was sent to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison in August 2022 to simultaneously serve a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights and a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence for second-degree murder.
Chauvin's lawyer, Eric Nelson, had advocated for keeping him out of general population and away from other inmates, anticipating he'd be a target.
In Minnesota, Chauvin was mainly kept in solitary confinement 'largely for his own protection,' Nelson wrote in court papers last year.
Derek Chauvin stabbed in Arizona prison where he is serving 22 years