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Paul McChesney (Admin)

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Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 5:44 am:   
Sherry, Social Security Disability checks are supposed to stop when a person is in prison for a felony. That is, a serious crime. Short periods of imprisonment for misdemeanors are not supposed to suspend the check.

SSI checks are generally suspended for any time an individual is living at the expense of the state, which would include prison.

I am not sure, but I think that the Social Security computers are linked to the state and federal computers that keep track of who is and who is not in jail. This system is, of course, anything but perfect.

Checks can also be suspended if the person is a felon fleeing arrest or imprisonment. This can cause problems for people who have warrants sworn out against them.

If a person's children or spouse is drawing a check because of his disability, and he is put in jail, the checks of the children and spouse are not suspended.

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