Grant Hardin, known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," made his first court appearance through a video call on June 17, according to court records.

In this April 4, 1996 file photo, Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, is flanked by federal agents as he is led to a car from the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont. He was transferred this week to the federal Butner prison in North Carolina. John Youngbear AP

A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his escape by fashioning a makeshift police uniform, Arkansas prison officials said.

The sentencing also resulted in the forfeiture of weapons, narcotics, and $17,000 in cash seized during the investigation.

WILMINGTON — Robert Leroy Higgins, 69, the West Chester gold and silver dealer found guilty by a federal jury of fraud and tax evasion last fall, was sentenced Tuesday to 65 years in prison by federal Judge Maryellen Noreika.

Messiah Nantwi was killed March 1 at Mid-State prison, becoming the second inmate to be fatally beaten in a NY prison in three months.

A 79-year-old state inmate died Monday at William Donaldson Correctional Facility. Jean Senecal was serving a life sentence for the 2021 Pike County convictions of rape and sodomy. Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Matt Angelo said Senecal, who is from the Wiregrass area, was pronounced dead at 8:51 p.m. in the prison infirmary.

A Massachusetts man was sentenced to prison for stealing over $180,000 from a TD Bank in Boston from two people's accounts.