Accused Murderer ‘Cowboy’ Complains About Denial of his Rights…

Former cop, Kevin Alvarez, a.k.a “Cowboy” is no stranger to the news.  He’s incarcerated and facing a murder charge for the death of Hui Lin Chen, 36, of Orange Walk, whose throat was slashed in March of 2009.  When he tried to escape, Alvarez also allegedly shot three police officers.

But since Alvarez was stabbed in the midsection on Saturday at the Hattieville Prison by another inmate, Jeffrey Flowers, he has cried foul, saying he has been deprived of certain rights. Alvarez took the accusations one step further when today escorted by prison guards he went to the office of the Ombudsman to file a complaint against the prison management.  In the multi-page complaint, Alvarez claims that he feels that even though he was the victim of the stabbing, he is the one being punished.  Alvarez contends that on Tuesday they sanctioned and denied family members from visiting him, which in his case means that the food he receives from them is also being denied entry to him.  Aside from that, Alvarez says that he is also being denied phone calls.  And his belief is that the punishment followed a comment he made to a counselor at the prison that he was considering suing the prison because the management knew that the inmate who stabbed him has been a threat to inmates at the prison because he has done so before, and he has been allowed to roam around freely.

In addition, Alvarez says he is being kept in isolation while Flowers is still allowed to remain in a regular cell.  It’s a matter Ombudsman Cynthia Pitts says she will take to the Prison and ask for their version before she makes a conclusion on the matter.  Another related issue she is reviewing is the request by the mother of the prisoner who provided the blade that was used in stabbing Alvarez. Daisy McKenzie is claiming that if her son, Jeremy Harris, provided the weapon, he should be punished.  But in sharp contrast, she says the man who committed the actual stabbing, Jeffrey Flowers, should also be punished.  Harris, she says, is also being kept in solitary confinement.

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