Sean 'Diddy' Combs will have to wait a little longer to be released from federal prison: his projected release date has been pushed back to March 2, 2028, according to U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate records viewed by USA TODAY.
The move comes just days after that release date had been set for January 21, 2028. The rap mogul is behind bars at New Jersey's FCI Fort Dix, a low-security federal prison, serving a 50-month federal prison sentence after a jury found him guilty in July 2025 of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.
The news also follows an NBC News report about Combs' life behind bars. The report, citing accounts from four anonymous inmates published September 29, revealed that the hip-hop producer apparently has fellow inmates cook and clean for him, give him massages, and that he has access to outside alcohol and a cellphone — considered contraband. Following the report, TMZ reported that Combs was moved back into the Special Housing Unit, more commonly known as solitary confinement.
Combs' representative, Juda Engelmayer, previously dismissed the NBC report in a statement to USA TODAY: 'The continued scrutiny of every mundane detail of Sean Combs's life in prison has reached the point where the media characterizes ordinary prison life as news.'
Combs' release date has been moved multiple times since his incarceration. His initial release was set for May 8, 2028, after the conviction; it was later moved up, and in November it was previously pushed back to June 2028, days after his representative denied a report claiming the Bad Boy Records founder had created and consumed alcohol in prison.
The Bureau of Prisons has said it does 'not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual, including release plans.' However, general reasons a release date would be moved include conduct, time credits from approved programs and activities, and credit for time served before sentencing.
In a letter to the judge ahead of his original sentencing, Combs, 56, said that while incarcerated he has gotten sober 'for the first time in 25 years,' has been attending therapy, and started a mentorship program for his fellow inmates. His legal team is still trying to appeal his conviction after a bombshell trial in which he was convicted on charges related to the transportation of two former girlfriends — Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura Fine and the anonymous 'Jane' — as well as sex workers for the intent of prostitution. Combs, who has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct, is still facing upwards of 70 civil lawsuits across the country.