A former police chief serving time for rape and murder who walked away from a state prison was incorrectly classified and ...

Arkansas lawmakers are demanding answers after a convicted murderer and rapist, Grant Hardin, escaped from the North Central ...

Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures at a prison where an inmate ...

Payne said Hardin should have been a C-5 custody classification, which is the highest ranking, but the DOC's system did not ...

On Monday, Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne answered questions about the escape of inmate Grant Hardin earlier ...

An automated inmate classification system incorrectly identified a former police chief and convicted murderer as a ...

Corrections officials say two Arkansas prison employees errantly helped Grant Hardin, the former police chief convicted of murder and rape, escape from a prison in May. A kitchen supervisor, who ...

Arkansas lawmakers questioned officials about how murderer Grant Hardin, the 'Devil in the Ozarks,' escaped through an open gate with a disguise made from a marker and soup can.

Mr. Hardin, 56, who worked in the prison kitchen, exploited his job there to carry out his escape from the prison in Calico Rock, Ark., on May 25, officials said.

Documents indicate the two last worked at the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on May 25, 2025, and were fired on June 11. Their firings came after the DOC's internal investigation.

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He also created a homemade badge out of a can lid, button and Bible cover. Hardin, who was assigned to work in the prison’s kitchen, hid the uniform in a kitchen chemical storage area.