Linking and monitoring of offender social media

A social media monitoring system, comprising:

• a memory storing a list of social media accounts belonging to an inmate and a non-incarcerated third party, wherein the list includes a first social media account and a second social media account belonging to the inmate and wherein the list of social media accounts is ranked by confidence score;
• and
• one or more processors and/or circuits communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
• generate a graphical user interface displaying the list of social media accounts, wherein the list includes a first account preview displaying information from the first social media account and a second account preview displaying information from the second social media account;
• monitor updates to social media accounts from the list of social media accounts;
• analyze the updates to determine the presence of predetermined keywords related to criminal activity;
• and
• in response to detecting a predetermined keyword, displaying an alert on the graphical user interface displaying the list of social media accounts.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving identification data related to an individual accused of committing a crime;
• determining a first social media account belonging to the individual based on the identification information;
• determining a first account score associated with the first social media account;
• determining a second social media account from a second social media service belonging to the individual based on the identification information;
• determining a second account score associated with the second social media account;
• searching a criminal history database using the identification data to identify a second party associated with the individual;
• based on the searching, determining a third social media account belonging to the second party;
• determining a third account score associated with the third social media account based on the frequency of interaction measured between the first and second social media accounts;
• and
• generating a graphical user interface displaying a first account preview displaying information from the first social media account, a second account preview displaying information from the second social media account, and a third account preview displaying information from the third social media account in a list of social media accounts ranked by account score.