The board discussed how the inmate managed to walk out of the North Central Unit undetected and how to prevent similar ...

Hardin was serving sentences for murder and rape when he dressed in a makeshift law enforcement uniform and was let out of a secure gate by a prison employee.

From Aug. 6, 1990, to May 22, 1991, Hardin was employed at the Fayetteville Police Department. In his termination letter, then-Chief Richard Watson said Hardin's efforts "fall short of the average ...

Hardin was serving sentences for murder and rape when he dressed in a makeshift law enforcement uniform and was let out of a secure gate by a prison employee.