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

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

Lu Hardin, a former state senator, Arkansas Department of Higher Education director and University of Central Arkansas ...

The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform, officials said.

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.

The failure by multiple corrections officers to enforce policies that led to Grant Hardin walking out of prison, as well as a lack of communication, made the early hours of the investigation ...

Grant Hardin pleads not guilty to escape that touched off two-week manhunt June 17, 2025 by Brett Barrouquere | Updated June 17, 2025 at 11:39 a.m.

The Arkansas Department of Corrections said in a release that they are working to learn more about his escape and time on the run.Grant Hardin's crimesHardin pleaded guilty to first-degree murder ...

ARKANSAS, USA — Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little Rock ...

After a nearly two-week-long search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Grant Hardin on Friday 1 1/2 miles northwest of the prison.