Arkansas Prison Employees Fired After ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ Escape

Arkansas Prison Employees Fired After ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ Escape

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said Thursday as they faced questions from lawmakers who said the escape points to deeper problems. The head of the Arkansas Board of Corrections told state lawmakers the violations allowed Grant Hardin to escape from the Calico Rock prison wearing a makeshift law enforcemen…