People who are older or have disabilities may qualify for SSI when they are released from jail or prison. Programs that provide early release from incarceration for elderly or seriously ill people have expanded, and some of those who leave incarceration under these compassionate release programs meet the SSI program’s age or disability standards. Making SSI policies that work for claimants and recipients who experience incarceration can be difficult, because their experiences are so varied. Some people received SSI for years before incarceration, while others apply for the first time as part of their reentry process. They range in age from juvenile to elderly; their physical and mental impairments differ. Many have low literacy. Their experience of incarceration could involve jails or prisons administered by federal, state, or local authorities. Some are incarcerated many times and others only once; some measure their incarceration in weeks and others in decades. Designing programs and policies that work for the varied population who have experienced incarceration is, therefore, a challenge, but it is a challenge important to SSA’s role as the administrator of SSI.