Chris Cowdrey

Chris is a recovering drug addict that has spent over 15 years in prison and most of that in Max. He has a first hand insight on how things work and have worked in prison for almost two decades. He has also seen changes in the prison system that you may be interested if you would ever like to talk to him.

If you would like to correspond with Chris, right now he is in Kingston Penitentiary, and he is expected to be there until 2006.

My name is Chris Cowdrey.  I am 36 years old and serving a sentence of 20 years and change.  Most of my life has been spent as a remorseless, unrepentant criminal, who had a special hate-one for cops.  As a result almost all of my convictions have been geared towards violence against cops and fire arms charges.   Until four years ago my life was going exactly the way I planed.  I was released from Millhaven Maximum Security Prison and live my life as fast and as hard as I could until my ultimate show-down with the Metro Toronto Police.  That show down happened much sooner than I had hoped.  I found myself staring down the barrel of my gun into the face of a Toronto Cop, my most hated enemy.  I could not pull the trigger and I could not drop my gun.  I felt empty and I wanted out so I made them shot me.  That was supposed to be the end, instead it was the beginning.  I have been slugging ever since to try to make sense of my past, fit into now and insure a tomorrow I can live with.  Writing helps me to do this, it is the only place that I feel unburdened.  I’ve been so deep in the shadows for so many years that light couldn’t have touched me in a million years.  The sunlight slams into my face every once in a while now and I like it.  In 2006 my 20 years are done, I am retiring.

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Chris Cowdrey

Articles by Chris Cowdrey

Domination

A Roosters Tale

Within The Storm

A Brief Look in the Mirror

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Last Update 09/05/09