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No chance he gets SSDI...that's for people who have a work history. The benefit is based on one's earnings, just like SS retirement benefit, and it converts automatically from SSDI to SS retirement upon reaching age 65. He is on SSI, which is needs based. The max amount of SSI in 2023 is $914/month, and recipients are automatically eligible for Medicaid. Not everyone gets the max; there is some arcane formula used to determine the amount. The folks I know who get SSI get something in the $700 range, plus SNAP (food stamps).Accrued SSDI payments. Approximately ~18 months worth
SSDI max amount is $3,627 at full retirement age but most people don't get the max SS retirement amount, because it's based on years worked and wages earned.

Social Security (SSI/SSDI)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pays benefits based on financial need. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you are “insured,” meaning that you worked long enough and paid Social Security taxes.

Also, you cannot collect SSI (or SSDI or SS retirement benefit) in jail, and it doesn't accumulate. Chris probably has the clothes on his back, pretty much, and while it's fairly easy to reinstate one's benefits after release from incarceration, he's most likely only got whatever money remained on his book.