INCARCERATION INTELLIGENCE

Incarceration Search and Monitoring

Near real-time incarceration pointer data helps government agencies determine eligibility for social services.

Incarceration Data is Crucial for Entitlement Programs

Government agencies can face challenges ensuring program integrity and participant eligibility without timely incarceration data.

Agency staff can spend hours, days, or even weeks attempting to locate and monitor individuals who are in various stages of the incarceration lifecycle.

Potential Risks of Manual Research
Delays in benefits reinstatement after release
Improper payments
Increased program expenses

Support Program Efficiency With Near
Real-Time Incarceration Data

Increase Agency Savings
Improve Application Processing Time
Determine Eligibility Faster
Improve Continuity of Benefits
HOW IT WORKS

Search and Monitor Incarceration Status

Data access may be available through web application, API, or batch processing.

Search Incarceration Records
Match biological information for broader coverage.
Continuously Monitor with Alerts
Agencies can place 'watches' on their beneficiary lists to receive automatic alerts.

Data updates as frequently as every 15 minutes

Access an Extensive Pointer Data Network

Caseworkers can further investigate and independently retrieve primary source information that can help determine program eligibility.

3K+

Connections with jails and departments of corrections

83%

Coverage of all incarcerations in the U.S.

189M+

Historical records with 1M+ new records added each month
Part of the TotalVerify Data Hub

The TotalVerify data hub from Equifax is a single-source for obtaining the data insights that social services agencies leverage to verify applicant information, including employment, income, incarceration status, consumer address and phone number history. 

The breadth and depth of our data means agencies can work more effectively and efficiently to help ensure that people receive the right benefits and the state is cost-effectively administering programs.

Support Better Health and Societal Outcomes

See how incarceration data can help your agency and beneficiaries.