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- Sean “Diddy” Combs transferred to FCI Fort Dix in Burlington County
- 55-year-old will serve a 4-year sentence for prostitution charges
- Combs is enrolled in a special drug program, not general population
- Release date is scheduled for May 8, 2028
Sean “Diddy” Combs was reportedly transferred to a low-security prison in New Jersey, where he’ll likely serve out the remainder of his four-year sentence on interstate prostitution charges.
According to ABC News, the 55-year-old was moved from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., to FCI Fort Dix in Burlington County in New Jersey. Sources told the outlet that Combs is not being housed in the prison’s general population but in the special drug program unit.
A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons referred NJBIZ to the facility’s inmate lookup tool. Combs is shown as being housed at Fort Dix with a scheduled release date of May 8, 2028.
Following an eight-week trial, Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transporting former girlfriends for prostitution and ordered to pay a $500,000 fine. He was acquitted of the more serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking.
Earlier this month, Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison. Though his projected release is in May 2028, Combs may get out earlier for good behavior or completing certain programs at the facility, according to NBC News.
Until Oct. 30, Combs had been incarcerated at the federal prison in Brooklyn since his arrest in September 2024.
Reasons for relocation
Following his Oct. 3 sentencing, the hip-hop mogul’s lawyers urged the Federal Bureau of Prisons to consider putting Combs at FCI Fort Dix “in order to address drug abuse issues and to maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts.”
“We request that the Court strongly recommend to the Bureau of Prisons that Mr. Combs be placed at FCI Fort Dix for RDAP [Residential Drug Abuse Program] purposes and any other available educational and occupational programs,” the attorneys wrote in a letter.
The large, low-security facility has a population of 4,100 male inmates. Over the years, it has housed several other high-profile individuals such as “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, actor Robert Downey Jr. and television personality Joe Giudice.
‘Broken to my core’
Combs’ legal team has said they plan to appeal the sentence. Also, President Donald Trump confirmed that Combs has asked for a presidential pardon in connection with the case. However, he did not say if he’d grant the request, CNN reported.
Alexandra Shapiro, Comb’s attorney, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Just before being sentenced earlier this month at the U.S. District Courthouse in lower Manhattan, Combs begged the judge for mercy, saying, “My actions were disgusting, shameful and sick. I was sick from the drugs; I was out of control. I needed help, and I didn’t get the help.”
He went on to say, “I lost all of my businesses and lost my career and destroyed my reputation, and most of all, I lost my self-respect. I have been humbled and broken to my core. I hate myself right now. I’ve been stripped down to nothing.”
