Judge Arun Subramanian has responded to Sean Diddy Combs' plea, requesting that the court recommend to the Bureau of Prisons that he be transferred to the federal correctional institution in New Jersey. According to TMZ, the judge advised the music mogul to serve his prison sentence close to home.
In new legal documents obtained by the TMZ, Judge Arun didn't name a specific prison where Diddy should serve his sentence, however, he opined that the Bad Boy Records founder should serve his 50 months in a prison with “any available substance abuse program, including the Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP), for which he qualifies.”
A few days after his sentencing, Diddy’s legal team wrote a letter to Judge Subramanian, asking him to recommend the federal correctional institution in New Jersey as the place where he will serve the remainder of his sentence. According to his lawyers, the prison is a good place to “address drug abuse issues" and "maximize family visitation and rehabilitative efforts."
While Judge Arun can recommend a prison for Combs, the Bureau of Prisons has the final say in which prison the superstar will serve the remainder of his sentence.
More details on Diddy’s sentencing
Sean Diddy Combs was sentenced on October 3, 2025, to 50 months in prison, months after he was found guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution. After his sentencing, one of his attorneys warned that the rapper was at risk of s*xual and violent assault.
During a recent appearance on Harvey’s 2 Angry Men podcast, Mark Geragos shared that Combs was going to be the target of sexual predators due to his celebrity status. He also revealed that someone already tried to ‘shank’ him once.
“It clearly is a thing. He did not want to make a big deal out of it; they had already tried to shank him once at the end of the sea. That was thwarted, and it happened in prison. You and I can tick off how many times we are aware of somebody getting seriously injured or killed in prison, and so they are gonna have to keep him somewhere that they can keep an eye on him because he is a target.”