Diddy Assigned Prison Job Paying Pennies Per Hour

A day after arriving at FCI Fort Dix, Sean “Diddy” Combs has his first prison job.

On Friday, Oct. 31, law enforcement sources told TMZ the music mogul was assigned to laundry duty at the low-security federal prison in Burlington County, New Jersey.

Washing and drying clothes is a far cry from the billionaire rapper and producer’s jet-setting lifestyle.

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During his trial, prosecutors said Combs lived such a lavish life that his staff did everything for him, including acquiring drugs, setting up the candles and baby oil for his “freak off” sessions, preparing his meals, and even charging his cell phone.

Now that he’s been assigned to the laundry room, he probably needed a lesson on sorting colors and whites, and operating the industrial-sized washers and dryers.

The BOP website says all “sentenced inmates are required to work if they are medically able.”

The pay in federal prison is “12¢ to 40¢ per hour” for work assignments that can include food service, warehouse assignments, working as an inmate orderly, plumber, painter, groundskeeper, or in the laundry room.

There will be no shortage of clothes to clean and sort, considering the prison houses a total 4,119 male offenders, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) website.

#EXCLUSIVE ? Diddy’s first look as an inmate at FCI Fort Dix. https://t.co/xduqS6AZcH pic.twitter.com/AZbQqDoRAe

— TMZ (@TMZ) October 31, 2025

Combs arrived at FCI Fort Dix ; from the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York where he was held since his arrest in September 2024.

TMZ published a grainy picture of the mogul in the yard at FCI Fort Dix. He was bundled up in a puffy coat, with an orange beanie on his head, and had his hands in his pockets.

The mogul is expected to serve the remainder of his 50-month sentence at the federal correctional institution, with a projected release date of May 8, 2028. He could be released earlier with good behavior.

Combs was convicted on July 2 under the Mann Act for transporting people across state lines for the purpose of prostitution, involving two of his ex-girlfriends. Jurors found him not guilty of more serious racketeering and sex trafficking charges. He was sentenced on Oct. 3.

In a court filing after his sentencing, the mogul’s legal team specifically requested that he be housed at FCI Fort Dix because of its residential drug abuse program (RDAP), educational and occupational programs, and its proximity to his relatives in New York.