New details tonight on the prison stabbing former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin. Officials say Chauvin, who murdered George Floyd back in 2020, sparking protests worldwide, is now in stable condition. He was rushed to a hospital late Friday. Abc's Jacqueline Lee has the latest.

Tonight, Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck, now in stable condition. Sources telling ABC News he is expected to survive after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at this Arizona prison. Chauvin, sustaining serious injuries in the Friday attack, the Bureau of Prison saying its employees initiated life-saving measures before EMS personnel arrived. Chauvin then rushed to the hospital. Authorities in Minnesota, where Chauvin was an officer, defending the attack.

People who are in the custody of the state, in jail and in prisons, have a right to be safe.

Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison, also saying in a statement, I'm sad to hear that Derek Chauvin was the target of violence. Like any incarcerated individual, he should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence. Chauvin, currently serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating George Floyd civil rights and a 22-year state sentence for second-degree murder. In a documentary released earlier this month called The Fall of Minneapolis, Chauvin speaking out about his conviction, calling his trial and sentencing a shem, and claiming that putting his knee on Floyd's neck was part of his police training manual.

I'm looking at it right now. 5-3-16, excellent restraint technique right in their written policy manual.

Lindsay, the attack on Chauvin is just the latest in a series of incidents involving high-profile inmates, including the stabbing a former US gymnastics doctor, Larry Nassar, earlier the summer, as well as the 2019 suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, raising questions about inmate safety within the Bureau of Prisons. Wendy.

Jacqueline.

Thank you.

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