Derek Chauvin is transferred to Maximum Security Prison

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the death ofGeorge Floyd, is now in custody at the Oak Park Heights prison, which is a maximum-security facility in the state.

Paul Schnell, the commissioner of the state's department of corrections, said Chauvin was initially booked at the Ramsey County Jail on a third-degree murder charge on Sunday and released at 8:48 p.m. to other state authorities, Fox 9 reported. Schnell said high-profile transfers are not uncommon.