Grant Hardin had gained notoriety as the subject of the 2023 documentary “Devil in the Ozarks’’ about his 1997 rape of a school teacher and 2017 murder of a water department worker.

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 authorities announced Saturday.

Grant Hardin, a former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," was captured Friday by Arkansas law enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol nearly two weeks after escaping prison where he was serving time for murder and rape.