American music executive and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs has arrived at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix in New Jersey, where he will serve his four-year prison sentence for transportation for the purposes of prostitution.
According to ABC News, Combs was transferred on Thursday morning from the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn to FCI Fort Dix — the facility his legal team specifically requested. The prison offers a special drug treatment program that, if completed successfully, could shorten his sentence.
Sources revealed that the 55-year-old mogul is not being kept in the prison’s general population but in the unit housing inmates enrolled in the drug program.
Diddy’s Possible Early Release and Appeal Effort
Combs, who has already served 14 months of his 50-month sentence, currently has a projected release date of May 8, 2028, though that could change depending on eligibility for sentence reductions.
Meanwhile, his defense team is urging the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to expedite his appeal of both the conviction and the sentence.
“An expedited briefing and argument schedule is critical to ensure that Mr. Combs’s appeal of his sentence does not become moot while the appeal is pending,” defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro stated in a recent court filing.
Conviction Background
Combs was convicted in July after an eight-week federal trial on two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution. The jury, however, acquitted him of the more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
His appeal argues that prosecutors misapplied the Mann Act, a century-old law originally enacted to combat human trafficking but often criticized for its controversial past.
“Sean’s appeal will challenge the unfair use of the Mann Act, an infamous statute with a sordid history, to prosecute him for sex with consenting adults,” Shapiro added.
Combs has maintained that he derived no financial benefit from transporting male escorts and that his actions do not meet the legal definition of the offenses for which he was convicted.
As his legal battle continues, Combs remains under federal custody at Fort Dix, focusing on completing his rehabilitation program and pursuing his appeal.
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