Sources tell NBC News Sean Combs pays inmates for comforts at Fort Dix prison

NBC News reported on 29 September that Sean “Diddy” Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle to the low-security Fort Dix federal prison in New Jersey, according to sources. 1 2 The account rests on four anonymous men who spent time in the same unit, plus photos and videos NBC says it reviewed, including footage of Combs appearing to use a contraband phone. 1 The sources said inmates cook, clean, make his bed, do his laundry and give him massages, paid through money sent to their commissary accounts. 1 3

They also said he uses contraband phones and a tablet, buys the antidepressant Remeron from other inmates, and drinks liquor that guards smuggle in. 1 4 Combs is serving a 50-month sentence after a conviction on two transportation-for-prostitution counts and was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering. 1 4 The sources said he was put in solitary confinement over the summer after a fight, was later removed from the drug treatment program, and then returned to the same lifestyle. 1

A Combs spokesperson said the media treats ordinary prison life as news and that he continues to serve his sentence while awaiting a ruling on his appeal; the Daily Mail and Fox name the phrase as “within the rules”. 1 3 The Bureau of Prisons declined to comment on an individual inmate but said contraband, particularly cell phones, is a constant challenge; it told the Daily Mail inmates are not permitted phones. 1 3 NBC noted that five people, including a current and a former corrections officer, were charged last week with a smuggling scheme at Fort Dix, and other outlets added that Bureau of Prisons records show a release date of 21 January 2028. 1 2