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

Lax security, policy mistakes and staff missteps allowed convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin to escape from the North Central Unit on May 25, 2025, and remain free for nearly two weeks, ...

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

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

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 ...

Hardin, a former Arkansas police chief, walked out of the North Central Unit near Calico Rock after being let out of a secure gate on May 25. Officials say he was wearing a makeshift law ...

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 ...

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 ...

(NewsNation) — New details have emerged about convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin ‘s escape from an Arkansas prison, including his use of Sharpies and a Bible cover. The former police ...

According to corrections officials, Hardin was allowed onto the prison kitchen’s back dock at 1:58 p.m. on the day of the escape. He fled nearly an hour later, at 2:53 p.m.