Key Points
- Diddy arrived at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. Officials say he will first stay in a separate unit.
- The unit offers a drug programme that cuts jail time. His lawyers earlier asked for this exact placement in court.
- Bureau of Prisons lists his release for May 2028. Time credits or treatment success could still change that date.
Diddy (Sean Combs) has been moved to FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey. He will now serve the rest of his 50-month federal term there.
The move follows weeks of talks over where he should be held. For more US music moves, read Offset announces Halloween album.
Why Fort Dix was chosen
Sources told ABC News that Combs was transferred on Thursday morning from MDC Brooklyn to the low-security New Jersey facility his team requested.
He is not in the general population. He is in the prison’s special drug-treatment programme unit, the same one his lawyers argued would help him keep sober and stay closer to family.
The programme, often called RDAP, can cut up to a year from a federal sentence when inmates complete it.
Prosecutors earlier wanted a far longer term, but the judge settled on 50 months in early October after noting he had already spent about 14 months in custody in Brooklyn, so that time now counts in his favour.
When he could leave
According to the Bureau of Prisons, Combs’ current projected release date is 8 May 2028, which lines up with the roughly four-year term once time already served and good-conduct days are added in. That date is public on the federal inmate register.
Officials say the date is not fixed. If he finishes the drug-treatment course and keeps good-conduct credit, he can shave more months off, possibly taking him under the full 50-month mark.
Combs is also asking the appeals court to speed up his challenge to the conviction, arguing he might finish the sentence before a normal appeal window closes, so the legal fight is still alive.
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