Prison Where Former Cop Derek Chauvin Was Stabbed Has History of Inmate Violence 

The medium-security prison in Arizona that houses George Floyd’s convicted killer, Derek Chauvin, has a history of security breaches and inmate violence.

The Federal Correctional Institution Tucson, which can hold up to 380 inmates, has been plagued with security failures and staffing shortages, an anonymous source told the Associated Press. 

In November 2022, an inmate at the prison’s low-security prison camp pulled a gun on a visitor and attempted to shoot them in the head. The weapon, which the inmate should not have had possession of, misfired. No one was hurt during the incident.

Chauvin, 47, was one of four Minneapolis police officers seen in the custody death of George Floyd in 2020. He was originally in solitary confinement for fear of his “own protection.”

Chauvin was stabbed by a fellow inmate at the same Tucson prison on Friday.

The former cop was severely injured during the stabbing on Friday. No other inmates or prison employees were injured during the incident, the Bureau of Prisons said. 

He was in a maximum-security prison in Minnesota before being transferred to the medium-security facility in Arizona to simultaneously serve a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights and a 22½-year state sentence for second-degree murder..

Chauvin, who was a white police officer, was convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man, by pressing his knee into his neck for more than nine minutes. Chauvin insisted his trial was a "sham" during his first interview from prison.

Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, ignited a series of nationwide protests against police brutality and led to a national movement against “systemic racism.”