Do prisoners have social security?

Prisoners generally have no social security.

Prisoners are usually unable to pay social insurance during their sentences, because they are not flexible employees such as individual industrial and commercial households and part-time employees, and cannot pay social insurance by themselves. In addition, the social security accounts of prisoners are usually frozen in prison and need to be activated by the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau after they are released from prison. During the period of serving a sentence, neither the prisoner himself nor his relatives can buy social security for the prisoner.

To apply for a social security card, you need the following information:

1, my second-generation ID card;

2. The photo receipt issued by the photo studio for citizen social security;

3. If it is handled by a company, it also needs the company's business license, registration certificate, employee roster and other materials.

The process of handling social security cards is as follows:

1. Apply for a social security card at the place of handling with my ID card and household registration book;

2. Submit personal prescribed materials to the social security reporting institution;

3. If the application is successful, you can get the social security card after receiving the notice.

To sum up, prisoners do not pay social security fees during their sentences, but their personal accounts retain interest, and they can continue to participate in insurance or receive pensions after the expiration of their sentences.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 64

Social insurance funds include basic endowment insurance fund, basic medical insurance fund, industrial injury insurance fund, unemployment insurance fund and maternity insurance fund. In addition to the basic medical insurance fund and maternity insurance fund combined accounting, other social insurance funds are accounted for separately according to social insurance types. Social insurance funds implement a unified accounting system throughout the country.

The social insurance fund is earmarked for special purposes, and no organization or individual may occupy or misappropriate it.

The basic old-age insurance fund will gradually implement national overall planning, and other social insurance funds will gradually implement provincial overall planning. The specific time and steps shall be stipulated by the State Council.