Fellow inmates say Sean “Diddy” Combs has a contraband cellphone, smuggled Hennessy, massages and other men doing his chores inside federal prison. The reason, they say, is money: he drops thousands into the commissary accounts of the inmates who serve him, with help from people on the outside. A commissary is the prison store, where inmates spend money from their accounts on food, snacks and basic goods. His rep says the report turns “ordinary prison life” into news.
Story Snapshot
- Four men who shared his unit at FCI Fort Dix described the perks in a report published Tuesday, September 29.
- They say inmates cook, clean, do his laundry and make his bed in return for commissary money.
- The Bureau of Prisons responded Wednesday, September 30, saying it does not comment on conditions and that inmates who break the rules face sanctions.
- His rep says the media now treats “ordinary prison life as news.”
What Inmates Say About Life Inside Fort Dix
The four men who spoke to reporters were granted anonymity. They say Combs uses contraband cellphones, meaning phones inmates are not allowed to have, to scroll Instagram and view explicit photos sent by an ex-girlfriend. They say premium liquor, including Hennessy, is smuggled in by guards on weekend nights and shared with a few inmates. “Pretty much the day he arrived, the party started,” one of the men said.
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Other inmates give him Chinese-style massages, the men say. They say inmates cook special meals for him, such as curry chicken, pizza and empanadas, on makeshift heaters. They also say inmates clean his toilets and showers, do his laundry and make his bed. Reporters said they obtained video that appears to show the 56-year-old using a cellphone. According to the report, “thousands of dollars a month” flow from people outside into the commissary accounts of the men doing the work.
How Officials and Combs’s Team Responded
The Bureau of Prisons responded Wednesday, September 30. The agency said it does “not comment on the conditions of confinement” of any inmate. It also said “contraband, particularly cell phones, narcotics, and weapons, remains a constant challenge,” and that inmates caught breaking the rules face sanctions.
His rep, Juda Engelmayer, dismissed the report. “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,” he said. Prison records also cut against the idea that the rules never reach him. In November 2025, reports said the prison recommended he lose 90 days of phone and commissary privileges over an unauthorized three-way call.
Why This Hits a Nerve Beyond One Celebrity
Combs is serving a 50-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey after his 2025 conviction on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. His appeal is pending. The men who shared his unit describe a stay that looks little like their own. One of them put it bluntly: “It looks crazy, but again, it’s Diddy.”
The report lands on an old complaint: one set of rules for the rich and famous, and another for everyone else. Commissary money is the engine of the arrangement the inmates describe. Men who do his cooking, cleaning and laundry get paid in deposits to their prison store accounts, and those deposits, the sources say, come from outside the walls.
What Comes Next
The Bureau of Prisons has not said whether it will look into the claims about Combs. The agency says contraband phones are a constant problem across its prisons, and that inmates caught with them face sanctions. The 2025 phone-call penalty shows the prison has enforced its rules against Combs at least once. Meanwhile, his appeal of his conviction continues, and he remains at Fort Dix serving his 50-month sentence.
Sources:
nypost.com, hotnewhiphop.com, reforma.com
