Arkansas Lawmakers, Department of Corrections Meet to Review Report on Inmate Grant Hardin Escape

Arkansas lawmakers, Department of Corrections meet to review report on inmate Grant Hardin escape

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas lawmakers met with the Department of Corrections on Tuesday to review the escape and recapture of inmate Grant Hardin. Officials met to look over the critical incident review from the Department of Corrections. Grant Hardin: How an elite Border Patrol unit caught the ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ Hardin escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock in May. In an interview, Hardin told investigators that he used bl…

Report: Prison staff failures, communication breakdowns led to inmate Grant Hardin's escape

Arkansas officials said staff failures led to inmate Grant Hardin's escape. Investigation highlights outdated policies and communication breakdowns.

Arkansas lawmakers say prison escape resulted from systemic failures

Arkansas legislative leaders pressed state corrections officials Tuesday to acknowledge that a May prison escape stemmed from systemic failures, not just the actions of two employees. Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne said the escape of convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin would not have occurred if a kitchen supervisor and a tower guard had followed policy. The employees were fired after Hardin’s recapture on June 2. Four other…

Warden at Arkansas prison violated directives before high-profile Hardin escape, investigation finds | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The warden at the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock violated written directives from the Arkansas Department of Corrections before a high-profile escape from the facility, Arkansas State Police said, and failed to assume command of the search in hours after the incident.

Arkansas State Police present finding in Grant Hardin escape investigation

Grant Hardin is back in prison after his short-lived escape 4 months ago. The topic of how he got out in the first place is still being looked at, with Arkansas

Lawmakers say Arkansas prison escape occurred because of ‘systemic’ issues - Conduit News Arkansas

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