A former police chief who walked away from a medium-security state prison while serving time for rape and murder shouldn't have been at that facility, the head of the Arkansas prison system said ...

The DOC director confirmed that Hardin should have been housed in maximum security, but a miscalculation placed him in medium ...

The Hubbard Public Library recently purchased three new computers for library staff. The computers, according to Library ...

Arkansas lawmakers are demanding answers after a convicted murderer and rapist, Grant Hardin, escaped from the North Central ...

Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures after a convicted murderer ...

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 ...

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

The Arkansas Department of Corrections fired two employees after Grant Hardin's escape from the North Central Unit in May 2025.