Diddy wants dix: convicted rapper wants to be jailed at new jersey low security prison

Diddy Wants Dix: Convicted Rapper Wants to Be Jailed at New Jersey Low Security Prison

Diddy pleads for prison time in New Jersey lockup with rehab program

JACKSON, NJ – Lock up your baby oil and hide your young daughters, because convicted rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs wants to serve his prison time right in our backyard.

Combs is asking a federal judge to let him serve his 50-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security prison in New Jersey known for its rehabilitation and drug treatment programs.

The request, filed Monday by Combs’ legal team, cites the prison’s Residential Drug Abuse Program — or RDAP — as key to the rapper’s recovery.

Attorney Teny Geragos urged Judge Arun Subramanian to recommend the Garden State facility, saying the move would “address drug abuse issues” while allowing family visits and participation in educational and occupational programs.

Combs, 55, was sentenced Friday on prostitution-related charges following a months-long trial in Manhattan federal court. With credit for 14 months already served, he could walk free in roughly three years.

Prosecutors had detailed how Combs’ so-called “freak off” parties were filled with drugs, nitrous oxide, and explicit behavior, evidence that became central to the case.

While awaiting sentencing, Combs began enrolling in self-improvement courses focused on addiction and violence prevention — steps that legal experts described as strategic efforts to soften his punishment.

In a personal letter to Judge Subramanian the day before sentencing, Combs pleaded for a “second chance,” pointing to his sobriety as proof of change. “I’m proud to say I’m working harder than I ever have before,” he wrote. “I thank God that I’m stronger, wiser, clean, clear and sober.”

The Bureau of Prisons’ RDAP is its most intensive substance abuse program and can shorten prison terms for eligible inmates who complete it successfully.

Combs admitted that years of fame and excess left him “lost in the drugs and the excess,” acknowledging the harm caused to former partners, including singer Cassie Ventura, who testified during the trial.

FCI Fort Dix, which houses about 4,000 inmates on the grounds of a former military base, could soon become the next stop in Diddy’s long fall from the top.

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