still awaiting her trial, she didn t want to discuss the details of her crime, but she was quite frank about everything else. what were you doing before you came in here? did you have a job? yes, i had a job. i was a professional escort. i had i was running my ads in playtime magazine and sex action magazine. i had like two or three lines that i was running from my house. i would forward my lines to my cell phone so i could it was a 24-hour operation. i had maybe a few girls working for me besides my cousin, and, you know, i just used to go out on calls, and i used to make good money. the thing about gwendolyn collins is she s facing a long prison sentence possibly for second-degree murder, and she has kids. this is kevin, and this is ricky. they re the loves of my life. he s 12, and he s 11. the thought that she would not be able to be with the kids
or even right then was able to take care of her kids was literally torturing her. how do you explain to your children, you know, your situation? how do you tell them, you know, that mommy s in jail, and i might go away for a while? i got a calendar to watch the days go by, to count the days. collins, a single mother, told us she used her escort service to support her family, after previous convictions for fraud and grand theft made it tough to find a more conventional job. they say eoe, equal opportunity. you know, there s no equal opportunity. they don t hire convicted felons. they don t hire murderers. they don t hire people like us, you know, and it s funny, because i was going for a position one time, and i took a microsoft entry-level test, and i scored a 98 because i m very intelligent, and they would not give me a job because i was a convicted felon, and i told the lady, i was like you re telling me you would rather pay higher taxes than give me a job? you d rather pay hig
fraud and grand theft made it tough to find a more conventional job. they say eoe, equal opportunity. you know, there s no equal opportunity. they don t hire convicted felons. they don t hire murderers. they don t hire people like us, you know, and it s funny, because i was going for a position one time, and i took a microsoft entry-level test, and i scored a 98 because i m very intelligent, and they would not give me a job because i was a convicted felon, and i told the lady, i was like you re telling me you would rather pay higher taxes than give me a job? you d rather pay higher taxes and build more prisons and more jails than offer me a job, and you know i m qualified for it? and she told me those are the rules. so the system is kind of messed up, and i think that s why a lot of people keep coming back. though frustrated by the system, collins had found a way to voice her grievances. my name is gwendolyn collins.
i would forward my lines to my cell phone so i could it was a 24-hour operation. i had maybe a few girls working for me besides my cousin, and, you know, i just used to go out on calls, and i used to make good money. the thing about gwendolyn collins is she s facing a long prison sentence possibly for second-degree murder, and she has kids. this is kevin, and this is ricky. they re the loves of my life. he s 12, and he s 11. the thought that she would not be able to be with the kids or even right then was able to take care of her kids was literally torturing her. how do you explain to your children, you know, your situation? how do you tell them, you know, that mommy s in jail, and i might go away for a while? i got a calendar to watch the days go by, to count the days. collins, a single mother, told us she used her escort service to support her family, after previous convictions for
prison is tailor-made to fit anybody. whether you re young, old, professional, non-professional, on skid row, white collar, blue collar, it s tailor-made to fit anybody. so don t think it won t happen to you. you commit this crime and you won t come in jail or go to prison, because you will. we met gwendolyn collins at the miami-dade county jail. my charge is second-degree murder. attempted or second-degree murder. the person is deceased. still awaiting her trial, she didn t want to discuss the details of her crime, but she was quite frank about everything else. what were you doing before you came in here? did you have a job? yes, i had a job. i was a professional escort. i had i was running my ads in playtime magazine and sex action magazine. i had like two or three lines that i was running from my house.