ShadowLink
Reveal hidden relationships across your entire population. Map connections that no case file, spreadsheet, or manual review could ever surface.
What is ShadowLink?
ShadowLink is Shadowtrack's relationship intelligence tool for corrections and investigative units, and it is first and foremost an absconder tool, put to work when someone goes missing rather than run against people who are supervising successfully. Because supervision already runs on the Shadowtrack platform, ShadowLink builds its picture from data the platform generates itself, correlating dwell locations, co-location events, institution visitation logs, institution phone records, phone information gathered in the community such as logins from the same app or a shared phone number, shared addresses and vehicles, and virtually anything and everything else the platform collects to reveal hidden relationships and turn days of manual file review into an agency-ready intelligence report in seconds.
Built for Real Investigations
ShadowLink turns raw data into actionable intelligence for the scenarios corrections teams face every day.
Absconder Investigation
When an enrollee goes missing, ShadowLink instantly maps their full relationship network (known addresses, family connections, associates, and frequent locations), turning days of manual case review into a prioritized list of leads in seconds.
Days of case review become a ranked lead list in seconds.
Hidden Relationship Discovery
Surface connections invisible to traditional case management: shared phone numbers between unrelated enrollees, overlapping visitor logs at different facilities, or the same emergency contact appearing across separate cases.
Cross-facility links no case file would ever surface.
Behavioral Pattern Detection
Identify suspicious co-location patterns, irregular communication spikes, or schedule anomalies that indicate coordinated behavior between individuals under separate supervision.
Coordinated activity flagged before it escalates.
Investigation Report Generation
Compile a structured intelligence report from any node in the graph: relationship summaries, data-point inventories, risk indicators, and actionable findings, ready for case review or inter-agency sharing.
Court-ready intelligence in a single click.
What an investigation actually looks like
Every node in the graph opens a live intelligence profile: risk scoring, verified supervision activity, source-confidence relationships, and a one-click report.
- Home VisitVerifiedMar 9, 2026
Enrollee present at reported address (342 Tyler Ave, Hampton, VA). No violations observed.
- Home VisitFlaggedFeb 4, 2026
Enrollee not present at self-reported address. Subject observed at 714 E Brookland Park Blvd, Richmond, VA. Discrepancy noted; follow-up required.
- Office VisitDec 14, 2025
Office visit. Enrollee self-reported address: 342 Tyler Ave, Hampton, VA.
- Field ContactNov 5, 2025
Field contact at 607 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA. Officer observed enrollee near 1443 Laskin Rd, Virginia Beach, VA.
Everything ShadowLink already pulls from
No new data collection. ShadowLink cross-references the touchpoints your agency already records to surface relationships hidden across siloed systems.
- Movement Data
- Communication Data
- Visitation Records
- Phone System Records
- Shared Addresses
- Known Contacts
- Romantic Partners
- Shared Phone Numbers
- Shared Vehicles
- Neighborhood Proximity
From Graph to Actionable Report
Run Investigation compiles the profile above into a structured report, ready for case review, briefings, or inter-agency sharing.
- Marcus Wilson's relationship network spans 9 tracked individuals across family, associative, and co-defendant connections.
- A flagged home visit on Feb 4, 2026 placed the subject at 714 E Brookland Park Blvd, Richmond, outside the approved supervision address. Follow-up required.
- Shared-phone-use link to Joshua Watson and shared-vehicle link to Patricia Mitchell were both corroborated by multiple supporting sources.
- Co-defendant Patricia Thompson and known associate Tyrone Hernandez remain active connections warranting continued monitoring.
Common questions about ShadowLink
What is ShadowLink?
ShadowLink is Shadowtrack's relationship intelligence tool for corrections and investigative units, and it is first and foremost an absconder tool. It is not run against people who are supervising successfully; it is put to work when someone goes missing. Because supervision already runs on the Shadowtrack platform, ShadowLink builds its picture from data the platform generates itself, correlating dwell locations, co-location events, institution visitation logs, institution phone records, phone information gathered in the community such as logins from the same app or a shared phone number, shared addresses and vehicles, and virtually anything and everything else the platform collects to reveal hidden relationships.
What data sources does ShadowLink analyze?
ShadowLink draws on location dwell patterns, co-location events between monitored individuals, institution visitation logs, institution phone records, phone information gathered in the community such as logins from the same app or a shared phone number, shared addresses and vehicles, and much more. It correlates virtually anything and everything the platform collects, so connections that would take days of manual file review surface in seconds.
How does ShadowLink help find an absconder?
When someone absconds, ShadowLink maps their known associates, frequent locations, and recent co-location events to produce likely contacts and places to check. Officers start the search with a ranked lead list instead of a cold file.
Can ShadowLink results be used in court?
ShadowLink generates an agency-ready intelligence report in one click, documenting each connection, the underlying data source, and the confidence score, so findings can be presented and defended in hearings.
Does ShadowLink work across facilities?
Yes. Because Shadowtrack keeps one record across institutional and community populations, ShadowLink can surface cross-facility links, like two people who shared a housing unit years apart, that no single case file would reveal.