Derek Chauvin could die in prison once sentenced

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin could be in trouble once his sentence is handed down, the ex-officer could end up murdered by the same inmates once he steps foot in prison.

“It’s not safe for him to be here. The best scenario for him is that he gets a lot of beatings,” said one life-sentenced inmate, Hannabal Shaddai.

Derek Chauvin could die in prison once sentenced, prison experts say

Considering the nature of the crime committed by Chauvin, a white police officer who viciously killed an unarmed black man, the “justice of death” he could face will likely end with his death behind bars.

A former California prison warden told the website Law & Crime that it won’t be easy to keep Chauvin safe after his sentence.

Michael J. Moore, an author currently serving his own prison sentence, was much more direct in his prediction about Chauvin.

“God, I hate to say this, but I would say they’re probably going to try to kill him,” Moore said of Chauvin’s fellow inmates.

“They’re going to want to send somebody to disperse Chauvin, or a couple of people to beat him up, the guys here, they score a lot of points,” Moore added.

It is unclear whether Chauvin will serve some or all of his sentence in the prison’s Administrative Control Unit (ACU), the equivalent of protective custody, or in general population.

But another inmate serving life for murder at the same five-star maximum security facility where Chauvin is being held said it didn’t matter.

“First of all, he’s a cop. Then, he did what he did,” Hannabal Shaddai told the Paradox news website from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Oak Park Heights.

“So it’s not safe for him to be here. The best-case scenario for him is to get beat up a lot. I don’t think he’s safe in any prison population.”