High-profile attacks on Derek Chauvin and Larry Nassar put spotlight on violence in federal prisons
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FILE - This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on June 3, 2020, shows former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Chauvin was stabbed nearly two-dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona in November. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)FILE - Dr. Larry Nassar, 54, appears in court for a plea hearing in Lansing, Mich., on Nov. 22, 2017. Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida in July. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Hennepin County Sheriff
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on June 3, 2020, shows former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Recent assaults on two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners have renewed concerns about whether the federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people in its custody safe. Chauvin was stabbed nearly two-dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona in November. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)