A first photo showing Sean “Diddy” Combs in prison for the first time has emerged, according to TMZ.
TMZ obtained the photo, which shows Diddy with a gray beard, wearing a stocking cap and a dark blue sweatshirt. The music mogul is almost unrecognizable in the grainy photograph.
According to TMZ, Diddy is pictured as he walked “around the prison yard” on October 31. See the photo here.
Combs is listed in the federal Bureau of Prisons database. It provides this information for him:
- He is incarcerated at FCI Fort Dix. The website for that prison describes it as a “low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.” Fort Dix is located in New Jersey.
- Combs’ release date is May 8, 2028.
- He is listed in the prison system’s records as Sean Combs, 55, register number 37452-054. The inmate houses 4,128 “male offenders.”
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Hasn’t Been Seen Much in Public Since He Was Incarcerated
The federal court where Combs was tried does not allow cameras. Thus, the public only saw him through court sketch artists’ drawings during his trial.
According to TMZ, in the prison photo, Diddy is seen wearing “an orange prison beanie and a navy blue puffy jacket to keep warm.” He was dressed for the cold despite the weather being in the 50s, TMZ reported.
(Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
Earlier, ABC News reported that Diddy was first transferred to the New Jersey prison on Thursday, October 31. He is serving a four-year prison sentence for “transportation for the purposes of prostitution,” according to ABC.
Why Was Sean Combs Transferred to Fort Dix?
Why Fort Dix? According to ABC, Combs’ team requested the transfer to that prison because it “offers a special drug treatment problem,” and he could get time shaved off his sentence if he’s able to complete it.
ABC News reported that Combs is being housed in a special “drug program unit,” and not with the general population. It’s not clear how TMZ obtained the photo.
According to CNN, Combs’ team also preferred Fort Dix so that the mogul can be close to his family. Although his sentence was four years, CNN noted that he will only serve 2.5 years because the time he already spent in jail was subtracted from his total sentence. That is, unless Combs is victorious in the appeal that he plans to pursue or somehow obtains a pardon or sentence commutation.
According to CNN, Fort Dix has housed other high-profile inmates in the past, such as Joe Giudice of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
There is a commissary where inmates can purchase food items, but the prison will mark a dramatic difference from the life of luxury that Combs led before his incarceration. According to CNN, inmates can purchase “rice cakes at the commissary for $5.75, white tuna for $3.75, and Pop Tarts for $2.85.”
According to US Weekly, Fort Dix “was initially founded as a military installation for training troops in 1917” and is located about 75 miles south of New York City.
