I don't know what to believe.

From NBC News (http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/she-thought-it-was-love-officials-say-prison-worker-joyce-n373571)
Joyce Mitchell, the New York prison worker being questioned in the escape of two
murderers, was charmed by one of the inmates and planned to be their getaway
driver until she got cold feet, sources familiar with the case told NBC News.

One of the inmates, Richard Matt, established a relationship with Mitchell over a
couple of months, the sources said.

"She thought it was love," one said.

Instead of being the getaway driver, Mitchell went to the hospital and checked
herself in, the sources said. As NBC News has previously reported, Mitchell
checked in on Saturday, the day the inmates were reported missing, with "a case
of nerves."

I think she knew she'd have been killed had she gone through with it.

Oh my. Perhaps, though not necessarily. It might however have involved a long running game of playing chicken, or playing with chickens as the case may be. That's how it appeared to play out in the local version of this old as time prison love story several years back.

But the only warden who'd have given an 2nd glance to a looker like Mrs Mitchell would have been a game warden.

A heart wants what a heart wants and if love need be blind for this to work, then so be it.
In the local version, there also were no cover models either.

The things we do for love!