Report: Diddy lives in relative comfort at Fort Dix, with paid inmate help and contraband

Sean “Diddy” Combs is living far more comfortably inside a New Jersey federal prison than most inmates, NBC News reported, citing four men who spent time in his unit at Fort Dix.

The men, who were granted anonymity, told NBC that other inmates cook for Combs, clean for him, make his bed, do his laundry and give him massages. They said he spends thousands of dollars a month on the arrangement, with money flowing from people outside prison to the commissary accounts of inmates who perform the services.

The sources also alleged that Combs uses contraband cellphones to browse Instagram and view explicit photos sent by a former girlfriend. They said he buys the antidepressant Remeron from other inmates and, on weekend nights, drinks premium liquor that guards smuggle in and share with a small group of inmates.

Combs’ spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, responded with a statement that did not address the specific allegations. He said the scrutiny of Combs’ prison life had reached the point where the media treats “ordinary prison life as news.” He added that the only real news is that Combs continues to serve his sentence within the rules while he awaits a court decision on his appeal.

The Bureau of Prisons did not address Combs specifically in its statement. It said contraband, particularly cellphones, narcotics and weapons, remains a constant challenge for correctional agencies and that it continues to work on the problem.

Combs, 56, is serving a 50-month sentence at the low-security prison. A jury convicted him in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, charges that could have carried a life sentence. Prosecutors had sought at least 11 years and three months, or 135 months, and his lawyers had argued for no more than 14 months.

Combs has drawn scrutiny at Fort Dix before. CBS News reported in November 2025 that he was working as a chaplain’s assistant, a coveted assignment, and had been placed in the Bureau of Prisons’ intensive drug treatment program, which can shorten a sentence by up to a year. The same report said prison officials recommended he lose phone and commissary privileges for 90 days over an unauthorized three-way phone call. His publicist called the call a procedural conversation with his attorney that was protected by attorney-client privilege.

Sources cited in NBC’s latest report said Combs was placed in solitary confinement in July after a fight with another inmate and was later removed from the drug treatment program.