Derek Chauvin placed in solitary confinement at max security prison in Minnesota

Derek Chauvin has been placed in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison in Minnesota after a jury convicted him of the murder of George Floyd.

The New York Times reported that Chauvin is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day at the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Oak Park Heights, located just east of the state capital of St. Paul. Chauvin is allowed out of his cell for an hour a day to exercise.

Chauvin’s new mugshot was released by the Minnesota Department of Corrections after the former police officer...