After a nearly two-week search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 miles northwest of the prison from which he escaped.

Found Friday near Moccasin Creek in Izard County, Arkansas just over a mile from the prison he escaped, after a nearly two-week search.

During the investigation that followed the massive jailbreak, families of the inmates who have been recaptured are beginning to hear from their loved ones.

The former Arkansas police chief who escaped prison while serving a 30-year sentence for murder and rape has been recaptured, authorities said.

A former Arkansas police chief who escaped from a prison 12 days ago was apprehended about a mile and half from where he was incarcerated in northwest Arkansas.