CALICO ROCK, Ark. —

A document released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections reveals new information about how a former police chief serving time for murder and rape was able to escape from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, in May.

Grant Hardin told law enforcement he had been planning his escape for about six months.

He began by collecting black markers he would find lying around the kitchen or laundry. He used them to color a set of clothes so they would resemble those worn by jailers. He also made a fake badge out of the top of a food can. He hid his clothes and other items at the bottom of a trash can in the kitchen that no one would shake down.

Staff regularly allowed Hardin to go out on the back dock unsupervised and into a room to the side of the dock where

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