(NewsNation) — Grant Hardin, the so-called “Devil in the Ozarks,” spent six months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, utilizing weak security points in the prison kitchen and a fake officer uniform to break out, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

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

Sharpies and pallet ladder used in Grant Hardin’s escape

The convicted rapist and murderer said he used black Sharpie markers and laundry he found lying around the kitchen where he worked to create the fake uniform, the report stated. Hardin also created a fake prison badge using the lid of a can.

Hardin stored the clothes and “other items he was going to need in the bottom of a trash can in the k

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