Jessie Leann Harris ties memoir launch to support for justice-impacted women

Jessie Leann Harris has released a memoir, To Hell and Back: From Victim to Victory, about trauma, addiction, incarceration and faith-led recovery. The book also supports Keepers of the Kingdom, a Texas-based effort to build a stabilization home for justice-impacted women facing barriers to healthcare, housing and reentry.

Why it matters: - Harris is linking a personal recovery story to a practical reentry mission for women leaving incarceration. - Proceeds from the memoir support a planned Women’s Stabilization Home in Texas for women who need housing stability, healthcare access and help rebuilding their lives. - The effort targets a gap that can push women back into homelessness, hospitalization, institutionalization or the justice system.

What happened: - Jessie Leann Harris announced the release of To Hell and Back: From Victim to Victory. - The memoir traces Harris’s life through childhood trauma, addiction, abuse and incarceration, then to faith in Jesus Christ. - Harris also founded Keepers of the Kingdom, a faith-based initiative focused on justice-impacted women. - The book is available at book link. - More information is available at the organization’s website.

The details: - Harris says the memoir includes a "Mirror" section at the end of each chapter to prompt readers to reflect on destructive patterns and the possibility of healing. - Harris describes 46 years of substance addiction and the emotional toll of searching for hope in destructive places. - Keepers of the Kingdom is designed to serve women facing barriers tied to healthcare, housing, stability and successful reentry. - The organization says many formerly incarcerated women return home with chronic medical conditions, mental health challenges and other complex care needs. - The planned home in Texas is intended to give women a safe, supportive place to begin rebuilding independence. - The mission includes faith, compassionate care, healthcare access and practical reentry support. - Every purchase of the memoir helps support the future stabilization home.

Between the lines: - The memoir is meant to function as both testimony and fundraising tool. - The project blends Christian ministry language with a concrete social service goal, which may broaden its appeal to faith communities and reentry advocates. - Harris is positioning personal transformation as evidence that recovery and reintegration can happen with the right support.

What's next: - Harris is building support for the future Women’s Stabilization Home. - Individuals, churches, healthcare providers, businesses and community organizations can support the effort by becoming founding partners, sponsoring residents, donating to the home, buying the book or sharing the mission. - Harris says the long-term goal is to create a place where healing begins, hope is restored and lives are transformed.

The bottom line: - Harris is using her memoir to promote a faith-based reentry model that pairs personal redemption with tangible support for women coming home from incarceration.