Compassion is hosting an art exhibition through October 30 at Lourdes University, Russel J. Ebeid Hall, 6832 Convent Boulevard, Sylvania OH. Prisoners on death row across America submit their artwork to Compassion, which is offered for sale to fund scholarships for family members of murder victims. Seven $500 scholarships have recently been awarded through this very effort.

The majority of death row inmates spend over a decade in prison while awaiting their sentence. During this time, some of them make an effort to better themselves through the pursuits of poetry, writing, and artwork. Prisoners’ creative works are shared often in the Compassion newsletter. Funded by donation, this bi-monthly newsletter is currently distributed free of charge to around 2,500 prisoners on death row, and a similar number of life without parole prisoners.

Fred Moor, who spearheads Compassion’s operations, wants it to be clear that the organization’s goal is not to denounce or reform the prison system, but to do good within it. “In many cases prisoners are leading each other in ways to strive for redemption,” he says. “Through writing, drawing, and donating art, prisoners’ works are having a positive domino effect on prison life.”

About Compassion
Compassion is a small organization dedicated to helping prisoners on death row live connected and fruitful lives. Compassion releases a bi-monthly newsletter, freely distributed to death row and life without parole prisoners. Members meet monthly at Saint Rose Catholic Church in Perrysburg, Ohio. For more information, please visit the website (compassionondeathrow.org) or contact Fred Moor at 419-350-6655.