A former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and said ...

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

As tends to be the case, news is trickling out now about how a former police chief in Gateway who went to prison for rape and murder managed to simply walk out of a state prison facility in Calico ...

CALICO ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — New details reveal more information about the former staff members officials say are responsible for Grant Hardin’s escape from a prison in northern Arkansas ...

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.

High-ranking Arkansas prison officials faced hours of tense questioning from lawmakers Thursday over the escape of a high-profile inmate.

Calico Rock is a medium-security prison but does house some more serious felons. “You misclassified him on the murder, and his reclassification after the rape wasn’t communicated to the prison.