Sean Combs transferred from New Jersey prison to FCI Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the 16 October move but declined to explain it. Combs’ spokesperson described the transfer between low-security facilities as a decision made with safety and security in mind.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was transferred on Friday, 16 October, from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey to FCI Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania, the US Bureau of Prisons confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. The move changes where he is serving his 50-month sentence, but the bureau declined to give a reason for it.
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson also confirmed to Rolling Stone that Combs was incarcerated at Allenwood Low. In its statement to The Hollywood Reporter, the bureau cited privacy, safety and security in declining to discuss any individual’s conditions of confinement or reasons for transfer.
What Combs’ spokesperson said about the move
Combs’ spokesperson told the BBC that the transfer was between two low-security facilities and was ‘consistent with a decision made with safety and security in mind’. That description came from his representative; prison officials have not said what prompted the move.
Rolling Stone separately reported that spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said Combs’ family had not yet received official confirmation of a transfer and would not speculate about his placement or the reasons for a move. Engelmayer said the family and legal team remained focused on his well-being and on maintaining regular contact with those close to him.
The two federal prisons and Combs’ sentence
According to the BBC, Allenwood Low is a low-security federal prison for men about 155 miles west of New York City. Its website listed about 1,044 inmates, compared with more than 4,200 across the two campuses of Fort Dix, where Combs had been serving his sentence. Those population figures describe the facilities; they do not explain the transfer.
Combs was convicted in July 2025 on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and acquitted of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges, the BBC reported. He received a 50-month prison sentence. The distinction between the convictions and acquittals remains central to understanding why he is imprisoned.
A US appeals court heard arguments in April on an effort to overturn his sentence but had not issued a decision, according to the BBC. Federal prison records listed 2 March 2028 as his release date. The transfer changes his place of confinement while that appeal remains unresolved.
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Sources and context
- Sean 'Diddy' Combs moves from New Jersey prison to facility in PennsylvaniaBBC News (its report cites the Associated Press on other claims, but reports the transfer and quotes the BOP and Combs' spokesperson directly)
- Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Transferred to New Prison After Contraband ScandalThe Hollywood Reporter
- Sean Combs Transferred to Pennsylvania Prison After Contraband BustRolling Stone
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