Vera Institute of Justice

Dolfinette Martin is an administrative assistant with New Orleans Pretrial Services. She was the first person in her family to serve time in prison and the first to graduate college. As a formerly incarcerated person, she is passionate about prison reform, re-entry, and jail population reduction. Since being released in 2012, Dolfinette has committed her life to being a voice for the thousands of incarcerated women who sometimes seem forgotten and highlighting the effects that mass incarceration has on families of color.