DUSTBEEN INC

Programs

1. (1) Providing spiritual counseling and materials and spiritual teaching (non-sectarian) to inmates on death watch awaiting scheduled execution in the death house at Florida State Prison. This activity is extremely time intensive-6 to 12 hours per week over 6 weeks and includes final spiritual preparations on the day of execution, accompaniment for the final goodbyes to family and loved ones, presence for the condemned at his execution, and pastoral assistance to the family of the condemned during deathwatch and post-execution, especially as needed to recover the personal effects and the cremains of the condemned. Sometimes, the execution is stayed and so the inmate is returned to death row until the stay is lifted. Because of pendency of the lifting of the stay, special time is allotted to the inmate for post-deathwatch pastoral counseling, usually several hours per month. When the stay is lifted, a new deathwatch begins.

   $10,000 spent
   33% of program spending

2. (2) Providing in depth spiritual counseling for death row inmates through one-on-one pastoral appointments made available in special rooms provided by the prison administrations. This includes end-of-life spiritual counseling and pastoral services at bedside when terminally ill inmates are moved from death row to the Florida Department of Corrections Regional Medical Center in Lake Butler, FL. Pastoral counseling and death watch spiritual counseling is provided by Corporation President Dale S. Recinella who has over 30 years' experience in death and dying ministry, 28 years' experience as a volunteer prison chaplain, over 20 years' experience in death row and solitary confinement ministry, has a Master's Degree in Pastoral Theology, and has been certified for this work as a Catholic Correctional Chaplain by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, DC. These volunteer pastoral and deathwatch services are conducted in the prisons and in the death house during daytime hours on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

   $6,000 spent
   20% of program spending

3. (3) Formally organizing, training, consulting as to coordination and supervision of the cell-front ministry of the Catholic Church at death row and long-term solitary confinement in Florida's two highest security prisons: Florida State Prison, Starke, FL and Union Correctional Institution, Raiford, FL. This ministry of presence is expressly aimed at all 330+ men on death row and all 2500 men in long-term solitary confinement, regardless of creed or denomination. Uplifting and spiritual materials are distributed, including bibles, prayer books and magazines; prayer is offered; and conversation is engaged. Holiday cards, Valentine's Day cards, Mothers' Day cards and Fathers' Day cards are distributed to confined inmates and thousands of holiday cards are provided to the prison chaplains for use by the general population inmates. The volunteers for cell-front ministry come from all-over Florida, mostly at their own expense. Pastoral supervision of cell-front volunteers is provided by the Catholic Bishops of Florida through persons trained in part by the Corporation for the Diocese of St. Augustine. Training services for laypeople, deacons and seminarians are provided through hands-on…

   $9,000 spent
   30% of program spending

4. Providing assistance to released inmates with disabilities (especially severe mental disabilities) to bridge them through short-term difficulties that could result in relapse (utility bill, relocations expense, etc.) and mentoring released inmates who have been convicted and imprisoned for serious felonies.

   $5,000 spent
   17% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,000.