‘Diddy’ placed in solitary after report on prison perks
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved to solitary confinement at a federal prison in New Jersey after a report detailed the perks he was allegedly receiving, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Combs was reportedly transferred to a special housing unit at Fort Dix after NBC News reported that he had acquired contraband, including cellphones and premium liquor, and paid other inmates to cook for him and perform household tasks, the network reported Thursday.

A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson would not confirm or deny the move.
“For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not comment on the conditions of confinement for any incarcerated individual, including quarters assignment or whether a particular individual is the subject of allegations, investigations, or sanctions,” the spokesperson said.
TMZ was the first to report that Combs had been moved to solitary.
NBC News based its report on interviews with four men who spent time in the same unit as Combs. They said he paid inmates to prepare special meals, clean the toilet and shower areas before he used them, do his laundry, make his bed, and give him Chinese-style massages.
The network also obtained photos and videos from inside the prison, including footage that appeared to show Combs using a contraband cellphone.
Federal prisons often use special housing units while investigating inmates, said Vito Maraviglia, a retired Bureau of Prisons special investigator who worked at Fort Dix in the late 1990s.
“We’d put people in the SHU while we were gathering evidence,” Maraviglia said.
Fort Dix is considered one of the more comfortable federal prisons, Maraviglia said, but its segmented housing areas can be harder to monitor than those at other facilities, making it easier for inmates to conceal contraband.
“A high-profile guy like that, with all that money, I’m surprised they put him at a place like Fort Dix,” he said.
Two men who spent time at Fort Dix said inmates in the special housing unit are locked in cells with one other person for at least 23 hours a day.
They said inmates wear orange jumpsuits, receive meals on trays, and have limited commissary access and shower time.
“It’s nasty down there,” one man said.
Combs has previously been placed in the unit. He was sent there last summer after a fight with another inmate, NBC News reported.
He was later removed from a drug treatment program but continued paying inmates for services, the network said.
Gloria Allred, an attorney who represents a woman suing Combs over allegations of rape more than 20 years ago, called for a federal investigation. Combs has denied the allegations, and the case is ongoing.
“These serious allegations against Mr. Combs cry out for an immediate federal investigation and appropriate federal action, including a prosecution if the allegations of having and using a cell phone while incarcerated can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” Allred said in a statement.
Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison after a jury found him guilty of transporting people across state lines for prostitution.
The jury acquitted him of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have carried a life sentence.

