Retired Judge Has New Challenge: Getting People Out of Jail

Retired judge has new challenge: Getting people out of jail

As jail population management coordinator, retired Criminal Court Judge Bobby Carter’s goal is to reduce the number of people in Shelby County’s overcrowded jail.

Jails only as good as people running them

A common response to unsafe and overcrowded jails and prisons is to build new ones. Sometimes states and localities make that investment without prodding, but most often it’s because of pressure from the U.S. Justice Department and the federal courts.