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 ...

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

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 ...

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

CALICO ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Corrections (DOC) is facing questions by Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday, July 10, over the escape and subsequent manhunt for Grant Hardin, a former ...

Hardin was captured 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of the Calico Rock prison on June 6. Authorities said he escaped by donning an outfit designed to look like a law enforcement uniform.

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.

Hardin was captured 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of the Calico Rock prison on June 6. Authorities said he escaped by donning an outfit designed to look like a law enforcement uniform.