Music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly used contraband phones and paid inmates for personal services at a New Jersey prison, according to men who shared his unit.
Four men spoke anonymously to NBC News for an investigation published on Tuesday. They described access to prohibited devices and payments to prisoners who performed chores.
A spokesperson for Combs told People that he was serving his sentence within prison rules. The representative dismissed the coverage as excessive scrutiny of ordinary prison life.
Combs is serving a 50-month sentence at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix.
Footage surfaces of Diddy using cellphone at Fort Dix. The Bad Boy founder is reportedly spending thousands a month to live like a VIP behind bars, paying inmates to cook, clean, do his laundry and give him massages while allegedly gaining access to Hennessy, contraband phones…
— Kollege Kidd (@KollegeKidd) September 30, 2026Men who shared his unit alleged that people outside prison transferred money into other inmates’ commissary accounts to pay for services. Their accounts described prisoners preparing meals, doing laundry, making his bed and cleaning bathroom areas before he used them.
Multiple interviewees claimed Combs used phones to browse Instagram and receive sexually explicit images from an unnamed former girlfriend. They also described access to alcohol and a modified tablet for watching films and documentaries.
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons declined to discuss his individual conditions of confinement, citing privacy and security. Its spokesperson acknowledged that contraband remains a persistent problem in correctional facilities.
A jury convicted Combs in July 2025 on two counts of transportation for purposes of prostitution. It acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.
On October 3, 2025, the court imposed his prison term, followed by five years of supervised release
