MINNEAPOLIS (NEWSnet/AP) — An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, said Chauvin's family has been kept in the dark by officials after he was stabbed in prison.

The lawyer, Gregory M. Erickson, criticized  lack of transparency by Federal Bureau of Prisons a day after his client was stabbed by another inmate at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona.

A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that Chauvin suffered serious injuries in the stabbing. On Saturday, Brian Evans, a spokesperson for the Minnesota attorney general’s office, said, “We have heard that he is expected to survive.”

Erickson said Chauvin's family and his attorneys have tried to obtain information about the attack from Bureau of Prisons officials, to no avail. He said Chauvin's family has been forced to assume he is in stable condition, based only on news accounts, and has been contacting the prison repeatedly seeking updates, but have been provided with no information.

“As an outsider, I view this lack of communication with his attorneys and family members as completely outrageous,” Erickson said in a statement to the AP. “It appears to be indicative of a poorly run facility and indicates how Derek’s assault was allowed to happen.”

Bureau of Prisons has confirmed an assault at the Arizona facility and said employees performed “life-saving measures” before the inmate was taken to a hospital for further treatment and evaluation. It did not identify the victim.

A spokesperson for Bureau of Prisons did not respond to a request for comment Saturday evening.

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