Diddy may have spent the last few decades living in the lap of luxury, but things are about to be very different for the rap mogul while he sits in jail awaiting trial.
Puffy (real name Sean Combs) has been housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York since Tuesday (September 17) when he was charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.
He will remain there until the trial begins after being denied bail twice already, with a judge deeming him a “danger” to the community.
The federal jail has an infamous reputation having been described as “hell on earth” and an “ongoing tragedy” since it was opened in the 1990s, according to the Associated Press.
In their unsuccessful argument for their client to be granted bond, Diddy’s lawyers raised concerns about the “horrific” conditions at MDC Brooklyn, citing the murder of an inmate this past summer as well as four inmate suicides in the last three years.
They also pointed to other cases in New York where judges have expressed concerns about “food contamination” and “hazardous physical conditions,” as well as the jail being “infested with drugs” and “plagued by violence.”
The facility has previously housed other high-profile inmates such as R. Kelly, Fetty Wap and Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein.
Although he’s reportedly being held in the Special Housing Unit due to his celebrity status and the nature of his alleged crimes, Diddy will still be living modestly behind bars.
According to TMZ, the Bad Boy boss is allowed just three showers per week and one hour of daily recreation time, in addition to receiving three meals a day that he has to eat alone.
Family and friends will be allowed to visit periodically, but these visits might not be as long as Diddy may hope as reaching inmates in the SHU takes longer than those in general population, and additional time isn’t allocated.
The embattled record executive has not yet been given a trial date, but he is due back in court on October 9.
His attorney Marc Agnifilo told reporters after his unsuccessful bail appeal hearing that he intends to “get his case to trial as quickly as possible” and that his client is determined to fight the charges.
