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The prison population in Arkansas is on a steady upward trend that is expected to continue through 2035, one of the nation's ...
Soon after the convicted murderer and rapist known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was recaptured after evading police for more ...
An internal review reveals that a former police chief, known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," spent months planning his escape ...
Test wells at the Franklin County prison site yielded far less water than a typical home needs, much less a 3,000-bed prison, ...
After a nearly two-week-long search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 ...
Two state senators vocal in opposing construction of a 3,000-bed mega prison on Franklin County land since it was announced ...
One state senator who has been critical of the governor's plan to build a 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County this week spoke ...
Arkansas corrections officials have now revealed critical missteps in Grant Hardin's escape in a newly released report.
Grant Hardin, known as the Devil in the Ozarks, had been serving an 80 sentence for murder and rapes and survived in the wild ...
Hardin had been misclassified and shouldn’t have been held at the primarily medium-security prison, according to the review.
Additional employees at an Arkansas prison have been disciplined for not following procedures at a prison where an inmate ...
A document released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections reveals new information about how a former police chief serving ...