What happens to their social security if an older person goes to jail?

[astro]

Lose it while jailed? Still get it? Lose it forever? What happens?

[Blackacre]

Lose it while jailed? Still get it? Lose it forever? What happens?

Can't draw Social Security disability while in jail, don't know about retirement though. =D

Cheers!
BA

[roger thornhill]

Can't draw Social Security disability while in jail, don't know about retirement though.
You mean, you haven't retired yet, BA?

[Walloon]

From the Code of Federal Regulations:§404.468 (http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/404/404-0468.htm) Nonpayment of benefits to prisoners.

(a) General. No monthly benefits will be paid to any individual for any month any part of which the individual is confined in a jail, prison, or other penal institution or correctional facility for conviction of a felony. This rule applies to disability benefits (§404.315) and child's benefits based on disability (§404.350) effective with benefits payable for months beginning on or after October 1, 1980. For all other monthly benefits, this rule is effective with benefits payable for months beginning on or after May 1, 1983. However, it applies only to the prisoner; benefit payments to any other person who is entitled on the basis of the prisoner's wages and self-employment income are payable as though the prisoner were receiving benefits.
(b) Felonious offenses. An offense will be considered a felony if—
(1) It is a felony under applicable law: or
(2) In a jurisdiction which does not classify any crime as a felony, it is an offense punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.