Tonight, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd, hospitalized after being stabbed at the Arizona Prison, where he's serving a more than 20-year sentence. A law enforcement source tells BBC News that Derek Chauvin was seriously injured from the attack, which happened at a medium security federal correctional institution in Tucson. Chauvin was transferred there as part of a plea deal that allowed him to move out of a high-security state prison in Minnesota. Find the defendant guilty. In 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd after being recorded on video kneeling on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes. In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed an assault happened around 12:30 PM, local time Friday, but did not name Chauvin. The agency said employers performed life-saving measures before transferring the inmate to the hospital. Is there a concern about security in prison for high-profile inmates?

There is always a security concern for people who are famous or infamous or police officers, law enforcement in prisons. Medium security does not mean medium safety.

The stabbing comes after Chauvin recently spoke out for a new documentary where he calls his trial a shant. He's on the phone with a camera, and says the knee restraint was a technique he learned in police training.

Actually, a restraint technique right in their written policy manual.

And no comment tonight from Chauvin's attorney. The office for the Minnesota attorney general says Chauvin is expected to survive. José.

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