High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Associated Press
Updated
With just days left in his tenure, the embattled director of the federal prison system faced a bipartisan onslaught Tuesday as he refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years. Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal, te…
Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly at a federal penitentiary in Florida.
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin, a former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate on Nov. 24 at a federal prison in Arizona.
Dr. Larry Nassar, 54, appears in court Nov. 22, 2017, for a plea hearing in Lansing, Mich. Nassar, the disgraced ex-U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor who sexually abused athletes, was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida in July.
Dr. Larry Nassar, 54, appears in court Nov. 22, 2017, for a plea hearing in Lansing, Mich. Nassar, the disgraced ex-U.S. women’s gymnastics team doctor who sexually abused athletes, was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida in July.
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court June 25, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin, a former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate on Nov. 24 at a federal prison in Arizona.
