The ‘Devil in the Ozarks,’ former police chief turned convicted murderer, escaped from prison after monthslong planning using kitchen supplies
An internal review by prison officials said on Friday that the former police chief known as “Satan in Ozarks” spent months of planning to escape from Arkansas prison, and said that the security of the laxation in the kitchen was allowed to allow the killer convicted of collecting the supplies he needs.
A review of the Cash incident of the Ministry of Corrections for the Gerant Hardin flee on May 25 from the Caliko Rock Prison provides the most detailed description of his planning and the issues that allowed him to leave the facility.
Hardin was arrested 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Caliko Rock Prison on June 6. The authorities said that he escaped by wearing clothes that he designed to look like a law enforcement.
Hardine, who was working in the prison kitchen, said he spent six months to escape escape and used black Sharpie signs and laundry and found it lying around the kitchen to create a fake uniform, according to the report. Hardin designed a fake badge with a box cover.
The report says: “Hardin stated that he will hide the clothes and other elements that he will need at the bottom of the trash in the kitchen because of its lack of shaking.”
Two prison staff were expelled due to violations of the procedures that led to the escape from Hardin. It includes the kitchen employee who allowed Hardin on a back pavement without supervision and the tower guard who opened the back gate that Hardin passed without confirming his identity. Several other employees were suspended and their rank was reduced, and legislators were told this week.
“Very centenary of security,” Hardin said, allowing him to collect what he needs to escape. Hardin said he had no help from other employees or prisoners. Hardin built a ladder from wooden platforms if he needed to expand the domain of the prison fence, but he did not need it.
The report says: “(Hardin) stated when he walked to the gate. The officer has just directed the” opening of the gate “and did.”
After escaping from prison, Hardin survived the food from which he was escaping outside the prison with the distilled water from his CPAP machine. Hardin also drank creek water, eating berries, birds of birds and ants.
The report says: “He said that his plan was to hide in the forest for six months if necessary and start moving west outside the area.”
Hardin, a former police chief in the small town of Gateway, near the borders of Arkansas Momori, is providing long rulings on the charge of murder and rape. It was the topic of “Devil in the Ozarks”.
This report is one of the two reviews in Hardin Escape, which is also investigated by Arkansas State Police. The Legislative Sub -Committee was also holding sessions on escape.
Republican Houard Betty, who participated in the chairmanship of the sub -committee of the Charitable, Criminal and Reforming Council of the Legislative Council, said that the committee hopes to discuss reports with officials in the next month hearing.
Republican senator Ben Gilmour, who sits on the painting, said he does not believe that the administration’s review took a comprehensive look at the regular issues that enabled Hardin.
“They focused on the final failure instead of all the things that led to this,” he said.
The report also refers to confusion between reform officials in the early stages of Hardin, an escape about the law enforcement agencies that were notified, says the report.
The report says: “It is clear that there is a lot of confusion during the early stages of opening the command center and notifications that are being made,” the report says.
Hardin was classified and it should not have been held in the Mediterranean Prison in the first place, according to the review. After his arrest, Hardin was transferred to the Aqsa Security Prison. He admitted that he was not guilty of escaping the charges, and his trial was appointed for the month of November.
The report says that the classification of custody in Hardin has not been reviewed since October 2019.
A review of the Ministry of Corrections says that officials have taken several steps since Hardin’s escape, including removing electric locks from the gates to prevent someone from leaving without an officer.
The report also calls for additional cameras after a blind spot is found on the Dock hardin used, and for any “Shakedown” inspections of the smuggler to include mechanical rooms and side rooms.
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2025-08-16 15:14:00
