Almost a week after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was stabbed by another inmate at an Arizona federal prison, authorities have yet to provide details about the attack or his condition to his family or legal team.
Chauvin’s attorney, Greg Erickson, told The Post on Wednesday his client’s family has not been able to speak to the ex-cop, who is serving a 21-year sentence for the murder of George Floyd after he knelt on his neck during an arrest, sparking protests across the nation.
“They say he’s stable, but he also could be stable but unconscious, we just don’t know,” Erickson said. “That’s all we were told.
“They have stated that they won’t give us any further updates on his condition until a waiver is signed, but they won’t present him with that waiver to sign.”
Chauvin was seriously injured on Friday after another inmate at Federal Correctional Institution Tucson stabbed him around 1:30 p.m., according to the Associated Press.
Sources told ABC News Chauvin is expected to survive.
Erickson said he briefly spoke to officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons on Monday, who “basically told me nothing because it was an active investigation.”
Erickson said Chauvin felt he was “fine” at the medium-security federal prison and hadn’t raised any concerns about his safety other than those associated with being a former law enforcement officer in prison.
“I think he feels threatened 24/7, but I don’t think he indicated he felt like he was in any additional danger,” the attorney told The Post.
Prison employees had to perform “life-saving measures” before Chauvin was hospitalized, the Bureau of Prisons said.
The federal agency added the alleged attacker was also taken to the hospital, but the perpetrator has yet to be identified.
Chauvin, 47, was convicted in April 2021 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter over Floyd’s death. He was sentenced to 22½ years in prison on the state charges.
Months later, he pleaded guilty to federal charges of depriving Floyd of his civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Floyd’s death sparked protests that started in the US and spread throughout the world over police brutality and racial injustice.
Chauvin recently lost his bid to appeal his second-degree conviction to the US Supreme Court, which rejected the case.
Erickson said he is exploring other steps he can take to get answers from prison officials before filing something with the court.
“The family is 100% extremely frustrated,” Erickson said. “They still don’t have actual information about his medical condition and that is highly unusual.”