Our Journey
The story is not yet finished.
Mass incarceration is the latest chapter in a longer history, but it is not the last. Joseph House walks with people writing what comes next.
Founder Story
After a decade of visiting Florida's prisons, Fr. Dustin Feddon made an unexpected choice that changed everything. What started as a friendship with a man in solitary confinement became a movement that brings home, community, and dignity to men the system had forgotten.
Fr. Dustin Feddon is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee and the Founder and Executive Director of Joseph House, a home and community for men returning from prison. His ministry began in 2013, visiting incarcerated men in Florida's prisons, many in solitary confinement, where he witnessed both their immense suffering and deep humanity.
These encounters sparked a vision: to create a place of peace, dignity, and belonging for men leaving prison. That vision became a reality in 2018 with the founding of Joseph House.
Fr. Dustin believes that justice begins with proximity to those who suffer. His mission is to affirm the worth of each person by offering not just shelter, but a space filled with quiet, nature, and community, where men are reminded that they are seen, valued, and not alone.
Joseph House has partnered with organizations such as the Equal Justice Initiative and the Legal Defense Fund to advocate for greater justice and mercy for those impacted by incarceration.
The Joseph House Name
Joseph was thrown into a pit by his brothers, sold into slavery, and imprisoned in a foreign land. Still, he kept dreaming. His story moved from betrayal and captivity toward reconciliation around a shared meal.
The men in Florida's prisons saw themselves in that story. Joseph House carries his name because we believe what it teaches: no one is beyond redemption, and no sentence gets the final word.
For men coming home from prison, Joseph House becomes a beginning. It is a place where a new story can start.
Why "Joseph"
