A critical incident review report from the department into Hardin’s escape revealed the details of the daring escape in May.

A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed the convicted murderer ...

After a nearly two-week-long search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 ...

Soon after the convicted murderer and rapist known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured after evading police for more ...

The “Devil in the Ozarks” killer spent months biding his time and collecting supplies to prepare for his whirlwind escape from an Arkansas prison in late May that sparked a two-week manhunt, according ...

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