A-08-06-16082, Prisoners’ Access to Social Security Numbers, August 23, 2006.
“Based on our interviews with State Department of Corrections and correctional industry work programs personnel and reviews of prison policies and practices, we are concerned about prisoners access to SSNs. Despite the increasing threat of identity theft, we identified prisons in 13 States that allowed inmates access to SSNs through various work programs. Although prisons placed controls over SSN access, vulnerabilities remained. Based on our previous audit and investigative findings, we know that unnecessary access, disclosure, and use of SSNs increases the potential for dishonest individuals to obtain and misuse these numbers, thus creating SSN integrity issues. Some State and prison officials with whom we spoke shared our concern and have taken additional steps to limit prisoners access to SSNs.”
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