Criminal justice reform advocate Andrea James, a Dorchester Democrat, has filed paperwork for a potential primary bid against Gov. Maura Healey, who last month announced she's seeking a second term.

James, a former criminal defense attorney, is the founder and executive director of The National Council For Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, according to her personal website that does not mention a 2026 campaign for governor. In a 2017 piece in TIME, James wrote about her experience serving a 24-month federal prison sentence for wire fraud.

In newly filed paperwork with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, James listed her Dorchester address and signaled she was interested in jumping into the Democratic race for governor. Elizabeth Chace of Cambridge is listed as campaign treasurer.

James did not immediately respond to News Service requests for comment Tuesday.

Her website says James "is focused on ending incarceration of women and girls and contributing to the shift from a criminal legal system focused on police and prisons, to a system led by directly affected people from within their communities and based on individual and community accountability."

James wrote a Boston Globe editorial in 2022 calling for the closure of MCI-Framingham and a five-year jail and construction moratorium, a policy that former Gov. Charlie Baker spiked in a bond bill.