Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Moved From Fort Dix to Pennsylvania’s FCI Allenwood Low After Reports of VIP Treatment, Bureau of Prisons Confirms
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been moved out of FCI Fort Dix, the New Jersey federal prison where he had been living “like a VIP,” according to NBC News, which cited a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson on Friday morning.
The transfer comes about two weeks after NBC News reported that Combs had access to cellphones, liquor and other contraband inside the low-security prison, and less than a week after he was taken to a hospital for a head injury.
DIDDY’S TRANSFER
“We can confirm that Sean Combs transferred to FCI Allenwood Low on Friday, October 16, 2026,” the Federal Bureau of Prisons told Page Six.
The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly, reported that Combs, 56, is being moved to FCI Allenwood Low, a low-security facility south of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, about 155 miles west of New York City. TMZ, which first reported the move Friday morning, also said he was sent to Allenwood.
As of late Friday morning, the Bureau of Prisons’ public inmate locator still listed Combs (register number 37452-054) at FCI Fort Dix, with a projected release date of March 2, 2028. The locator often lags behind a transfer while an inmate is in transit.
WHAT WAS REPORTED AT FORT DIX
On Sept. 29, NBC News reported, citing sources, that Combs had spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle into Fort Dix. According to the AP’s summary of that report, he smuggled in Hennessy, had fellow inmates cook, clean, make his bed and give him massages, and used a contraband cellphone to view social media and an ex-girlfriend’s nude selfies. Page Six reported that the allegations came from four anonymous men housed in the same unit.
After the NBC report, Combs was placed in the prison’s special housing unit, which holds inmates with disciplinary issues or security concerns, and was docked 41 days of good-conduct credit, the AP reported, citing the person familiar with the matter. TMZ reported that he had been written up multiple times for phone violations and fights. Those accounts have not been confirmed by the Bureau of Prisons.
A HEAD INJURY AND A DENIED FIGHT
Combs was taken to a hospital on Saturday, Oct. 10, for a head injury, Page Six and TMZ reported. Page Six reported Tuesday that he had hit his head on a bunk bed.
On Wednesday, TMZ reported that the injury came from a fight with another inmate, whom TMZ identified as Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the Jamaican drug lord serving a federal sentence, according to Page Six. In what the AP called a rare rebuttal, the Bureau of Prisons told the AP: “The story you are referring to is false and did not happen.” Combs’ family also called the fight reports “completely false,” Page Six reported.
WHAT THE BUREAU OF PRISONS WON’T SAY
The agency confirmed the move but gave no reason for it.
“For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual in our custody, including reasons for transfer,” the Bureau of Prisons said in its statement to Page Six.
That leaves open the questions raised by the Fort Dix reports: how contraband reached a high-profile inmate in a federal prison, whether staff were disciplined, and why an inmate who, according to the AP, had been placed in special housing was moved to another low-security prison rather than a higher-security one. FCI Allenwood Low carries the same security level as Fort Dix, TMZ noted. The Bureau of Prisons has not publicly addressed those questions.
“Decisions about inmate placement are made by the BOP, and we are not in a position to speak to the circumstances surrounding this transfer,” Combs’ spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, told the AP. “Sean remains focused on moving forward, and we hope that his time at the new facility will be productive and without unnecessary disruption.”
WHAT COMES NEXT
Combs is serving a 50-month sentence after a jury convicted him in 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was acquitted of the more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
In April, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in his bid to overturn the conviction and sentence, which his lawyers argued was too harsh. The court has not yet ruled, according to the AP.
Sources: NBC News (Oct. 16, 2026): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/diddy-moved-nj-prison-was-living-vip-rcna603884 | The Associated Press, via the News-Times (Oct. 16, 2026): https://www.newstimes.com/entertainment/article/sean-diddy-combs-moved-to-a-new-prison-after-22480242.php | Page Six (Oct. 16, 2026): https://pagesix.com/2026/10/16/celebrity-news/sean-diddy-combs-moved-out-of-new-jersey-prison-days-after-head-injury-reports-of-special-treatment/ | TMZ (Oct. 16, 2026): https://www.tmz.com/2026/10/16/diddy-transferred-to-new-prison/ | NBC News (Sept. 29, 2026): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/diddys-pampered-life-prison-massages-nude-photos-hennessy-rcna600343 | Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator (reg. 37452-054): https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ | FCI Allenwood Low: https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/alf/
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