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 to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review.

The Arkansas Department of Corrections' critical incident review of Grant Hardin 's May 25 escape from the Calico Rock prison, obtained by The Associated Press, provides the most detailed description so far of his planning and the issues that allowed him to walk out of the facility.

Hardin was apprehended on June 6 , "just a short distance" from the prison. Tracking dogs were able to pick up a scent , roughly a mile and a half west of the prison's North Central Unit. It was initially believed that Hardin may h

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