An internal review reveals that a former police chief, known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," spent months planning his escape ...

Hardin had been misclassified and shouldn’t have been held at the primarily medium-security prison, according to the review.

As a federal U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to an elite tactical unit made his way up a rain-soaked wooded ridge near ...

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

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

Board of Corrections chairman Benny Magness answers questions about the escape of inmate Grant Hardin, Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Little Rock, Ark., at a meeting of the Charitable, Penal, and ...

Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old murderer and rapist, was captured on June 6, approximately 1.5 miles north-northwest of the North Central Unit prison facility from which he escaped on May 25, the ...

The head of the Arkansas Board of Corrections told state lawmakers the violations allowed Grant Hardin to escape from the Calico Rock prison wearing a makeshift law enforcement uniform on May 25.

Sen. Ben Gilmore, R-Crossett, asks a question about the escape of inmate Grant Hardin during a meeting of the Charitable, Penal, and Correctional Institutions Subcommittee of the Arkansas ...