Sean 'Diddy' Combs is "sad" and "lonely" in jail and is being checked on by the mental health team on a daily basis, a prison expert has said.
The disgraced 54-year-old music mogul has been locked up at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) since he was arrested in September. He faces federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He "categorically denies" the allegations, a spokesperson for Diddy has said.
A judge recently denied the rapper's request for bail for a third time and ordered him to remain in custody until May 5, when his trial is due to start. According to prison expert Larry Levine, who is the director and founder of Wall Street Prison Consultants, Combs is getting daily visits from the psych team at the prison "to make sure that he's okay" even though he is "not really on suicide watch".
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AFP via Getty Images)While appearing on the Daily Mail podcast, The Trial of Diddy, Levine revealed that Combs has "somebody from the psychology department coming out to visit with him so it's like a game that they play with the inmates." He added: "Remember, he's not playing chess. He's in a cell by himself."
According to the prison expert, whose company prepares defendants for prison life and helps them navigate rehab and other prison programs, the rapper is getting preferential treatment at the notorious jail including "extra showers" every week. He explained: "My sources are telling me that [Combs] is getting extra showers a week. I don't know how many. It probably varies. They're giving them extra privileges."
But despite this, he is said to be living "a lonely experience" as he has "a target on his back", according to Mr Levine, who said on the podcast: "He's got a lonely existence. He's got a target on his back and you know ... it's fact he's got too much on too many people.
"Someone's going to have to take him out and it's not going to be the inmates there because they can't get to him." Since his arrest, the rapper's lawyers have called for him to be moved as they say the jail facility is "not fit for pre-trial detention" due to its "horrific" conditions.
Based in an industrial area on Brooklyn's waterfront, MDC has around 1,200 inmates - down from over 1,600 in January - and is mostly used for post-arrest detention for those awaiting trial in the federal courts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Other prisoners will be serving short sentences following their convictions.
According to a report in Time magazine, at least four individuals detained at MDC Brooklyn have died by suicide in the last three years, while at least six MDC staff members have been charged with crimes in the last five years alone, with charges including accepting bribes or providing contraband.
The prison first opened back in the early 90s and has come under scrutiny on a number of occasions. Notable problems include overcrowding and staff shortages, with court filings from November 2023 finding that the prison was operating at just 55 per cent of full staffing levels.
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