Derek Chauvin Is Being Held In Solitary Confinement For 23 Hours A Day

<div id="5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a6" style="position:relative; width: 100%; height: 0px; padding-bottom: 56.25%; background: url('https://img.vidible.tv/prod/2021-04/21/608052f45aec9a4527e5e900/608052f45aec9a4527e5e901_o_U_v2.jpg') center/cover;" data-placeholder="//img.vidible.tv/prod/2021-04/21/608052f45aec9a4527e5e900/608052f45aec9a4527e5e901_o_U_v2.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;q=60"><div class="vdb_player vdb_5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a656000e19e4b0e4e194b84b31" vdb_params="m.loadingplaceholder=1&amp;m.timeline_preview_shape=rectangle&amp;m.embeded=cms_video_plugin_us-athena.buzzfeed.com&amp;m.sitesection=news&amp;m.timeline_preview_border=3&amp;m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3DSPONSORSHIP_NAME&amp;m.fwsitesection=composer" style="position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;"><script type="text/javascript" src="https://delivery.vidible.tv/jsonp/pid=5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a6/vid=608052f45aec9a4527e5e900/56000e19e4b0e4e194b84b31.js?m.loadingplaceholder=1&amp;m.timeline_preview_shape=rectangle&amp;m.embeded=cms_video_plugin_us-athena.buzzfeed.com&amp;m.sitesection=news&amp;m.timeline_preview_border=3"></script></div></div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/derek-chauvin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Derek Chauvin</a> is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day in a maximum-security prison in Minnesota as he awaits sentencing for the murder of <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/topic/george-floyd" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">George Floyd</a>.</p><p>The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted Tuesday of second- and third-degree murder as well as second-degree manslaughter in Floyd&rsquo;