‘Sickening’ true crime series leaves Netflix viewers all making the same worrying point
Topics: Netflix, True Crime, Documentaries
Kya Buller
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Topics: Netflix, True Crime, Documentaries
A brand new true crime documentary about a prison officer who helped a felon escape only to end up dead has left viewers speechless.
The gripping film follows the life of prison officer and assistant director of operations Vicky White, who was employed at Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama.
Vicky fell in love with an inmate, Casey White, who was serving a 75-year prison sentence for attempted murder and robbery in 2015 - which would have seen him die in prison.
The documentary, Jailbreak: Love on the Run is a gripping exploration of Vicky's fall from grace and eventual death.
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It also features a number of never before heard phone calls between the lovers, in which they talk about their hopes for the future and exchange declarations of love.
Former inmate Tyler Purser told Netflix's Tudum: "She treated everybody like they were somebody.
"She was like [the] mother … that everybody in there never had growing up.”
Vicky worked at the prison for 17 years, and told her colleagues she was getting ready to retire in 2022, aged 56, when she helped Casey escape.
On 29 April, 2022, Vicky set her plan into motion.
The four time employee of the month winner asked a fellow officer to bring Casey 'up to booking and shackle him', to which they obliged.
The two then left, apparently for the courthouse, but hours passed and they didn't return.
They then went on the run, and when they were tracked down on 9 May, Vicky shot herself in the head.
Casey was once again apprehended.
Viewers of the documentary all seem to have the same opinion - that the two weren't two hopeless romantics, but rather that Vicky was manipulated.
One person wrote on X: "Jailbreak: Love on the Run on Netflix is so horrible. The story of Casey White & Vicky White, the criminal & jail director who helped him escape, is disgusting. Using interviews from other inmates who said their relationship was real love is nonsense. THAT was not love."
Another said: "Not me watching Jailbreak: Love On The Run and crying. I feel so bad this lady allowed this man to manipulate her like this into her own death."
After the jailbreak and Vicky's eventual death, further details began to unfold about her life.
Executive producer Rachel Stockman shared: "In her jailhouse phone calls, she spoke about how her life revolved around work and pleasing others.
"After work, she would drink every day. Casey became her escape.”
Casey is known as an extremely violent and dangerous individual, yet 'employees and inmates recall Casey as being friendly and charming, particularly when he wanted something.'
Stockman added: "[Casey] was described as a ‘romancer’ by one of his former cellmates, and those who worked at the jail said he was a polite, even charming, prisoner.
"Vicky, who was used to doing things for others, fell for Casey’s manipulation, especially when he claimed he was being framed for a murder he didn’t commit. He made her believe in him.”