Report: Diddy Allegedly Receives VIP Perks at Fort Dix, Including Cellphone and Alcohol

Sean “Diddy” Combs, the music mogul and Grammy winner, is reportedly living a privileged life while incarcerated at the federal prison in Fort Dix, New Jersey. According to four men who were housed in the same unit and spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity, the 56-year-old is serving a 50-month term for prostitution-related crimes but has arranged access to a cellphone, alcohol, and a range of personal services, reportedly spending thousands of dollars each month to maintain his usual comforts behind bars. One former inmate described the situation to NBC News as not typical jail conditions but something made possible by wealth, adding that while it appeared strange, it was consistent with Combs. The sources said the “Bad Boy for Life” artist has other prisoners at the low-security facility cooking and cleaning for him, making his bed, and handling his laundry. He also has someone providing Chinese-style massages, according to the report. Multiple sources told the outlet that Combs uses contraband cellphones to browse Instagram and view nude and sexually explicit images sent by an ex-girlfriend, even though he is otherwise cut off from the outside at the men’s federal institution. Two sources said he also obtained a “jailbroken” tablet to watch films and documentaries, among them the Netflix series “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” which was produced by his longtime rival 50 Cent. The sources said the disgraced mogul has paid for other inmates’ prescription Remeron, known in prison as “rem-roms.” The drug is prescribed for depression and anxiety but is also traded on the facility’s black market, they added. One anonymous inmate told the outlet that almost anything can be obtained in the prison except a front-door key and a woman. On weekends, Combs reportedly draws from a hidden supply of high-end liquor that guards brought in and shares it with a small group of other prisoners. One inmate recalled drinking Hennessy with him. To sustain his lifestyle in the low-security prison, the former billionaire has money sent from outside into commissary accounts belonging to inmates who perform services for him, the sources said. One man paid by Combs scrubs the toilet and shower areas before Combs uses them, according to the sources. Others allegedly prepared special meals for Combs using an improvised heating element placed in water, making dishes such as curry chicken, pizza, and empanadas. One man who cooked for Combs and other inmates told NBC that he eventually grew tired of the task and that Combs began relying on Jamaican inmates. Other prisoners simply keep Combs’s phone and fan mail for him, one source said, noting the volume of items he receives and that he lacks space for it all. Combs was convicted in July 2025 on two counts of transportation for prostitution, but was acquitted of two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and of racketeering conspiracy. In July, he was placed in solitary confinement following a fight with another inmate and was later removed from a drug treatment program, sources said. After leaving isolation, the Grammy winner allegedly resumed his comfortable arrangement with a team of inmates attending to him, an arrangement that the sources said only money can secure in prison. One source said Combs is a billionaire whom people regard with awe, adding that money is power, particularly behind bars.