Diddy Allegedly Spending Thousands Monthly on Comforts at FCI Fort Dix

Sean “Diddy” Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to secure massages, special meals, laundry service and other comforts while serving time at the low-security Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix in New Jersey, according to four men who spent time in the same unit and spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity.

The men described inmates cooking for Combs, cleaning his living area, making his bed, doing his laundry and providing Chinese-style massages. Money from people outside the prison is transferred into the commissary accounts of those performing the services, the sources said.

“This is not some normal s— you see in jail. This is some rich s—,” one of the men told NBC News. “It looks crazy, but again, it’s Diddy.”

Combs, 56, is inmate number 37452-054. He is serving a 50-month sentence after a New York jury convicted him in July 2025 on two counts of transporting people across state lines for prostitution. He was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. He arrived at Fort Dix in October 2025 following his sentencing.

NBC News reviewed photos and videos taken inside the prison that include footage of Combs appearing to use a cellphone. Multiple sources said he uses contraband cellphones to scroll Instagram and view nude and sexually explicit photos sent by an old girlfriend. He also obtained a jailbroken tablet that he has used to watch movies and documentaries, including the Netflix series “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.”

On weekend nights, sources said, Combs and a small group of inmates tap into a stash of premium liquor, including Hennessy, that they described as having been smuggled in by guards. “Hell yeah, I drank with him,” one man said. Combs has also obtained the antidepressant Remeron, known in prison as “rem-roms,” from other inmates, according to the sources.

One inmate cleaned the toilet and shower areas before Combs used them. Others prepared special meals such as curry chicken, pizza and empanadas using a makeshift heating element submerged in water. “After a while, I got tired of cooking,” one man said. “He started going to the Jamaicans.”

Fort Dix, located about 60 miles southwest of New York City, houses roughly 4,000 inmates. The facility has faced repeated contraband problems. Federal prosecutors recently charged five people, including a current and a former corrections officer, in connection with a scheme to smuggle items into the prison.

A spokesperson for Combs, Juda Engelmayer, responded to the reporting by saying, “The continued scrutiny of every mundane detail of Sean Combs’s life in prison has reached the point where the media characterizes ordinary prison life as news. The only real news is that Sean continues to serve his sentence while awaiting the court’s decision on his appeal.”

A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said the agency does not comment on individual inmates’ conditions for privacy, safety and security reasons, and noted that contraband remains a constant challenge across its facilities.

Sources told NBC News that Combs acquired a phone, alcohol and a network of helpers relatively quickly after arriving. “Pretty much the day he arrived, the party started,” one said. Over the summer he was placed in solitary confinement after a fight with another inmate and was later removed from a residential drug treatment program at the facility. After returning to the general population, the sources said, the pattern of paid services resumed.

“He’s a billionaire. People are in awe of him,” one of the men said. “Money is power, especially behind bars.” Federal Bureau of Prisons records as of late September list Combs’ projected release date as Jan. 21, 2028.