Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is begging the judge presiding over his case to serve his four-year prison sentence at a low-level New Jersey facility.
The fallen rapper has been locked up at the infamous Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn in the Special Housing Unit since September 2024.
Following the conclusion of his highly anticipated trial and sentencing, his legal team has requested that he serve his time at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey, the Daily Mail can confirm.
The 55-year-old, who was found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution in July, made his plea for a cushier facility to Judge Arun Subramanian on Monday.
The notice from defense attorney Teny Geragos reads: ‘On behalf of Mr. Combs, we respectfully request that the Court strongly recommend a designation facility to the Bureau of Prisons in Mr. Combs’ Judgment.
Combs’ team urged the judge to move him to FCI Fort Dix, located on the McGuire Air Force Base, for Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP) purposes and ‘any other available educational and occupational programs.’
Geragos also wrote the change would allow him to ‘maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts’ to tackle his drug abuse issues.
RDAPs typically last from six to 12 months. Enrolled prisoners often live in a designated section of the prison and divide up their days between activities centered around drug abuse treatment and work and educational programs.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (pictured) is begging the judge to serve his four-year prison sentence at a low-level New Jersey facility
Following the conclusion of his highly anticipated trial and sentencing, his legal team has requested that he serve his time at FCI Fort Dix (pictured), a low-security prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey
The 55-year-old rapper (depicted in a court sketch) was found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution
Federal prison consultant Sam Mangel told the Daily Mail the program is ‘intense’ and is comparable to AA.
Successful completion of RDAPs can lead to up to one year slashed from prisoners’ sentences, according to criminal defense law firm Elizabeth Franklin Best.
The firm noted that few inmates qualify for sentence reductions and that the MDC does not offer an RDAP to inmates.
Combs confessed in court that his time in federal custody has been the first in 25 years that he has been sober.
‘I lost my way. I got lost in my journey. Lost in the drugs and the excess,’ he said.
FCI Fort Dix opened its gates in 1992 and houses roughly 4,000 inmates. There are only about 1,250 inmates at MDC Brooklyn, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
While Combs is seeking out an out from the notoriously grim MDC, Mangel said FCI Fort Dix is one of the ‘worst in the BOP.’
Mangel also noted that although Combs would ‘fit in just fine there,’ he would likely be disqualified from moving to the facility.
He said it is generally not a place where the BOP places violent offenders.
The disgraced rapper has been locked up at the infamous Metropolitan Detention Center (pictured) in Brooklyn
‘It just surprises me that they [Diddy’s attorneys] are making this request unless they know something that I’m not aware of,’ Mangel said.
He also asserted that Combs would not even be eligible for an RDAP because of his sex offenses.
‘People with sex charges like Diddy cannot get into that program,’ Mangel said.
‘It is common knowledge that anybody with a public safety factor, with a sex charge, is not eligible for RDAP.’
He added that Combs could take a Non-Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program, which is three months long, but offers no chance at a sentence reduction.
With the 13 months Combs has already spent behind bars, he is on course to be freed in November 2028.
On top of his prison sentence, the judge ordered Combs to fork over a $500,000 fine.
This request for a facility change comes about a week after Combs described MDC as ‘inhumane’ in a letter to the judge.
With the 13 months Combs (pictured) has already spent behind bars, he is on course to be freed in November 2028
While the convicted felon whined about his circumstances, he expressed regret for his criminal past.
This notice was presented to the judge prior to his bombshell sentencing hearing on Friday. Diddy told the judge that his time in jail had changed him for the better.
Combs has also reflected on the damning clip of him brutally attacking his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, admitting he was ‘dead wrong for putting my hands on the woman that I loved.’
The MDC is an administrative facility, which means it holds inmates of all security levels. The Special Housing Unit, where Combs is locked up, is known for its harsh, restrictive and isolating conditions.
The prison at large is notorious for inmate violence and poor living conditions.
Combs has detailed the horrors of his life behind bars – a stark contrast from his life of fame and luxury before he found himself entrenched in his despicable scandal – describing the cramped, windowless room he has been confined to.
‘The conditions that my actions have placed me in are inhumane,’ he wrote to the judge, claiming he and his fellow inmates have no clean drinking water.
The shamed ‘freak-off’ host also noted he was fearful that someone would murder him at MDC.
Combs (right) acknowledged that his actions against Cassie Ventura (left) were wrong
Despite his deep discontent regarding his circumstances, Combs has been running an entrepreneurship course, in which he has taught his fellow inmates ‘foundational knowledge in business management,’ his lawyers highlighted in court.
While Subramanian has yet to respond to Combs’ request to move to the New Jersey prison, the judge has refused the rapper’s bold asks in the past.
Most recently, the judge denied Combs’ request to throw away his conviction on the prostitution charges or allow for a new trial.
While Mangel does not believe Combs qualifies for prison camp, he has speculated that his lawyers are hoping he will get some waiver, just as sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell did.
The Jeffrey Epstein associate was moved from FCI Tallahassee in Florida, to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas in August.
‘Either they [Diddy’s attorneys] don’t know, although they’re really good attorneys, so I would be surprised if they don’t know,’ Mangel said.
‘Or they’re hoping for a waiver, like the one that was given to Ghislaine Maxwell… Normally, inmates convicted of sexual charges cannot go to camps, and she [Maxwell] got the only waiver I’m ever aware of in the history of the BOP.’
