Alabama sheriff on lessons learned from the jail escape in Lauderdale County
Updated: 2:10 PM CDT May 13, 2022
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WE ARE INSIDE ANOTHER COUNTY JAIL IN SEARCH OF LESSONS LEARNED. >>NSIGHT FROM INSIDE THE CALHOUN JAIL, MEHO TO 500 INMATES. >> ANY TIMEOU Y ARE DEANGLI WITH PEOPLE, WE ARE COMPLEX BEINGS AND WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS IT IS A HANUM ERRORS. >> IN THE DAYS SINCE VICKI WHITE TO HOKIH– TOOK HERWN O LIFE. >> PEOPLE WANT TO BLAME THE SHERIFF OR BLAME X OR Y, IN AMERA ICWE HAVE TO LEARN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OURSELVES AND SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE SHE MADE SOME DECISIONS SEWOMHERE WHERE SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS A BETRTE IDEAHA TN DOING THE RIGHT THING. MAYBE IT WAS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, I UNDERSTAND SHE LOST HER HUSBAND. THINGS HAPPEN IN PEOPLE’S LIVES AND ONCE AGAIN THERE IS NO RESOURCES. THERE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANT PROGRAM. >> AT COUNTY JAILS LIKE THIS ONE AND CALHOUN COUNTY, THERE IS CONSTANT INTERACTION BETWEEN INMATES AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES,, LLWE THEY ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. >> IF SOBOMEDY TRIES TO DEVISE AN EVIL PN,LA IT WILL MAKE IT SO. OKLO AT 9/11, INMATES MANULIPATE PEOPLE, THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO CRACKHE ARMOR OF OFFICERS AND ON OCCASION IT DSOE HAPPEN, BUT FORTUNATELY THAT OFFICER — UNFORTUNATELY THAT OFFICER MADE THE DECISION. >> BAD APPLES ARE RARE BUT THIS IS MIGHTY TOUGH WORK. >> IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, THERE IS ZERO REQUIREMENTS, TRNIAING REQUIREMENTS, EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, THERE IS ZERO REQUIREMENTS TO BE A CORRECTIONS OFFICER IN THE STATE. THEY ALL GET THEIR TRAINING ON THE JOB. >> THAT IS SOME TOUGH JOB. ETH SHERIFF TELLS ME ALL 3000 SHERIFF’S OFFICES HAVE BEEN THINKING OF WAYS TO PREVENT FUTURE ESCAPES LIKE THE ONE IN ABALAMA. HIS JAIL IS BEING THOROUGHLY RENOVATED BUT HE SSAY NO AMOUNT OF TECHNOLOGY OR POLICIES CAN DEFEAT EVERY MANIPULATION OR DISHONTES ACT. >> IS ERFSH WADE FAMILIAR WITH HIS COUNTERPART FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY? >>HE IS ANDE CALLS RICK SINGLETON A FINE SRHEIFF. HE TOLD SINGLETON HOW MUCHHE S ADMIRED HIS EFFOR
Alabama sheriff on lessons learned from the jail escape in Lauderdale County
Updated: 2:10 PM CDT May 13, 2022
An Alabama sheriff in charge of a jail that’s currently home to 500 inmates discusses what we’ve learned from the escape in Lauderdale County involving a longtime deputy, Vicky White, and a convicted felon awaiting trial for capital murder, Casey White. WVTM 13’s Jeff Eliasoph reports in the video above.”People want to blame Sheriff Singleton or X or Y in America. We have to take responsibility for ourselves,” Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade said. ” made the decision somehow that it was a better idea to do this than the right thing.””Maybe it was a mental health issue. I understand she lost her husband. There is no employee assistance program,” Wade added.
CALHOUN COUNTY, Ala. —
An Alabama sheriff in charge of a jail that’s currently home to 500 inmates discusses what we’ve learned from the escape in Lauderdale County involving a longtime deputy, Vicky White, and a convicted felon awaiting trial for capital murder, Casey White. WVTM 13’s Jeff Eliasoph reports in the video above.
“People want to blame Sheriff Singleton or X or Y in America. We have to take responsibility for ourselves,” Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade said. “[Vicky White] made the decision somehow that it was a better idea to do this than the right thing.”
“Maybe it was a mental health issue. I understand she lost her husband. There is no employee assistance program,” Wade added.
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