Varner is described as the most secure unit in the Arkansas prison system and is where death row inmates are held.

After a nearly two-week-long search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 ...

Hardin was sent back to the North Central Unit for identification, fingerprinting, and a physical assessment. He was immediately sent to Varner SuperMax in Gould, where he will now be housed.

Ex-Police Chief Prison Escape This combo of images released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows the recapture of escaped inmate Grant Hardin, an ex-police chief and convicted killer ...

This combo of images released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows the recapture of escaped inmate Grant Hardin, an ex-police chief and convicted killer, by Arkansas law enforcement ...

Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little Rock, Arkansas prison ...

Lawyers for the men had argued that the government’s effort to transfer them to the only federal “supermax” prison, known for its punishing conditions, was driven by animus. After Mr. Biden ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little ...