Music mogul Sean Combs has been transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Dix, New Jersey, a spokesperson for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed on Thursday.
Combs, 55, was sentenced earlier this month to 50 months in prison, equivalent to four years and two months, after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. A jury in New York had previously acquitted him of the more severe charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy in July.
Having already spent more than a year in detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest in September 2024, Combs is expected to be eligible for release in 2028.
Prosecutors accused the producer and businessman, widely known as Puff Daddy or Diddy, of coercing two former girlfriends into drug-fueled sex acts with hired male partners. The high-profile eight-week trial featured intense testimony from the women, including singer Cassie Ventura and another witness identified only as “Jane.”
Following his conviction, Combs’s legal team urged Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend a transfer to Fort Dix to support his rehabilitation, including substance abuse treatment and proximity to family. The judge did not specify the facility by name but advised the prison bureau to place Combs as close as possible to the New York metropolitan area. He also recommended that Combs be considered for the Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Drug Abuse Program.
In court filings, the defense stated that Combs had become sober during his time at the MDC, for the first time in 25 years, and had led an informal educational initiative called “Free Game With Diddy,” where he mentored other inmates in business and personal development skills.
During sentencing, Combs asked the judge for leniency, presenting himself as a transformed man. Judge Subramanian acknowledged Combs’s successful music career and philanthropy but stressed the gravity of the offenses.
“A history of good works cannot wash away the record in this case,” the judge said. “You abused the power and control that you had over the lives of women you professed to love dearly. You abused them physically, emotionally, and psychologically.”
