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Arkansas corrections officials revealed critical missteps in Grant Hardin's escape in a newly released report.
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.
A document released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections reveals new information about how a former police chief serving time for murder and rape was able to escape from the North Central Unit in ...
Payne said Hardin should have been a C-5 custody classification, which is the highest ranking, but the DOC's system did not ...
Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures at a prison where an inmate ...
The report provides the first public account of the incident from Hardin, including his planning and what he did before being ...
A former police chief serving time for rape and murder who walked away from a state prison was incorrectly classified and ...
At the time of the killing, Hardin was working as a correctional officer at Northwest Arkansas Community Correction Center in Fayetteville. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
An internal review reveals that a former police chief, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” spent months planning his escape ...