Rapper P. Diddy Bought Himself a Luxurious Prison Life: Prisoner Servants, Cognac from Guards, and Watching Films About His Own Downfall

In the autumn of 2024, the arrest of one of the most influential and wealthy figures in hip-hop history shocked the show business. After an eight-week trial in the summer of 2025, Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges of racketeering and sex trafficking (the famous case of organizing mass sexual parties "freak-offs"), but was found guilty on two counts of transporting people for the purpose of prostitution.

Receiving 50 months of imprisonment, in October 2025 he was transferred from the Brooklyn detention center to the low-security federal prison Fort Dix in New Jersey.

From Chinese Massage to Curry Chicken

As an investigation by NBC News, based on the testimonies of four inmates from the same block as the musician, shows, Combs effectively turned fellow prisoners into his personal service staff.

"This ain't no regular prison shit. This is rich person shit," NBC News quotes one of the inmates. "It sounds crazy, but then again, it's Diddy."

The payment for the service staff costs Combs thousands of dollars monthly. Funding does not occur directly: trusted associates of the mogul outside transfer money to the commissary accounts of those prisoners who agreed to work for him.

The list of services includes laundry washing, bed making, as well as cleaning the cell, toilet, and shower stall directly before each use by Combs. Some inmates provide him with Chinese acupressure massage services.

Since the prison menu does not satisfy the mogul, he hires inmates to prepare individual meals — curry chicken, pizza, and empanadas, which are cooked using homemade heating elements immersed in water.

"After a while, I got tired of cooking. Then he started calling on the Jamaicans," one of P. Diddy's former prison cooks told reporters.

Some inmates perform the functions of custodians of fan mail, as the volume of the mogul's correspondence exceeds the permissible limits for storage in one cell.

Phones, Antidepressants, and Cognac from Guards

Despite the strict rules of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Combs has uninterrupted access to prohibited items.

"You can get pretty much anything, except for the key to the front door and a woman," one of the channel's interlocutors explained the situation on the Fort Dix black market.

According to the investigation, the musician uses contraband smartphones to manage his Instagram page and view intimate photos sent to him by a former acquaintance.

Among medications, Combs regularly purchases the antidepressant "Remeron" from other inmates, which is used on the prison black market solely for mood enhancement.

There are also reports of the mogul having a stash of elite alcohol, particularly Hennessy cognac, which is smuggled into the prison by corrupt security officers and consumed in a narrow circle on weekends.

A separate detail of the investigation was the fact of P. Diddy having a "hacked" tablet. Billboard notes that through it, the musician even watched the documentary series "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" from Netflix, which was produced by his longtime rival — rapper 50 Cent — and dedicated to the history of Combs' own downfall and sexual crimes.

Upon learning of this, 50 Cent reacted ironically on his social media: "Ha ha ha, check out my Sean Combs documentary on Netflix, coming soon to a prison near you."

Authorities' Reaction

The problem of contraband in Fort Dix is systemic: in September 2026 alone, prosecutors charged five individuals, including current and former security personnel, with organizing channels for supplying phones, weapons, and drugs using drones.

Immediately after the NBC News report was released, the prison administration began another internal investigation, and Combs himself was urgently transferred to a solitary confinement cell (Special Housing Unit).

This is not his first time in isolation: in the summer of 2026, he was already placed there after a fight with another inmate, which also led to his exclusion from a prestigious drug rehabilitation program. Due to these violations, his projected release date has repeatedly changed and, according to the BOP registry, is now set for January 21, 2028.

Combs' PR representative, in a comment to People magazine, denied information about special conditions, stating that the media "is presenting ordinary details of prison life as news," and his client is serving his sentence in strict accordance with the rules.

However, despite his billionaire fortune, the mogul has begun to face financial problems. Essence magazine adds that in September, lawyers refused to represent Combs' interests in numerous civil lawsuits, as he had not paid legal bills for over six months and had stopped cooperating with the defense.

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