NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was transferred to a New Jersey prison to serve the remainder of a four-year prison sentence on prostitution-related charges.
The hip-hop mogul is currently incarcerated at the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institute, located about 34 miles (55 kilometers) east of Philadelphia on Joint Air Force Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, according to his listing in the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database as of Friday.
It is not clear when Combs was transferred from the troubled Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where he has been held since his arrest last September.
Combs lawyers and agency representatives did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment Friday.
Earlier this month, Combs' lawyers asked the judge to “highly recommend” transferring him to a maximum security men's prison so he could participate in a drug treatment program.
FCI Fort Dix, one of several dozen federal prisons with an inpatient drug treatment program, would best allow Combs to “address his drug abuse problems and maximize family visitation and rehabilitation efforts,” his lawyer, Teni Geragos, wrote in the letter.
Combs has already served about 14 months of his 50-month sentence and is scheduled to be released from prison on May 8, 2028, although he can reduce his time behind bars by participating in drug treatment and other prison programs.
Earlier this week, Combs' lawyers asked a federal appeals court to take a quick look the legality of his conviction and sentence. The 55-year-old wants his appeal to be heard quickly so he can benefit from a reduction in his time in prison if the appeal court overturns his conviction, his lawyers have said.
President Donald Trump also said Combs asked him for a pardon, although the Republican did not say whether he would do so. satisfy the request.
The founder of Bad Boy Records was convicted in July he flew his girlfriends and male sex workers across the country to engage in drug-fuelled sexual encounters in various locations over a period of years. However, he was cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have landed him behind bars for life.
In a letter to the judge before sentencing, Combs said he had undergone a “spiritual reset” in prison and was “committed to remaining a drug-free, nonviolent and peaceful person.”
