Sean 'Diddy' Combs Seen in Prison for the First Time, Nearly 4 Months After Federal Sex Crimes Conviction By Kimberlee Speakman

The first photo of Sean “Diddy” Combs in prison has been released.

On Friday, Oct. 31, the music mogul, 55, was photographed in the yard at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix, in New Jersey. He was transferred to the prison the day before to serve the remainder of his 50-month sentence for federal sex crimes.

In the photo, first obtained by TMZ, Combs is seen wearing a dark blue jacket with a beanie on his head.

He was photographed with a full white beard as he looked out into the distance.

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Combs is staying in a dormitory-style unit in the prison, where he is allegedly being fed a much more pared-down menu than he’s used to.

The prison’s breakfast menu includes fruit, hot oatmeal and whole wheat bread and jelly, along with a serving of coffee and skim milk, to be served before the sun has fully risen at 6:00 a.m. local time.

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For lunch served at around 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, Combs is expected to be given a more basic menu that includes chicken fajitas, cilantro rice, black beans, whole kernel corn and a fruit beverage.

That will carry him up until dinner at 4 p.m., when he will be treated with roast beef or lentils, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies with brown gravy, a whole wheat bread, margarine pat and beverage on the side, according to the prison’s menu.

The new setting is different for Combs, who previously occupied his days with family visits and even orchestrated a six-week “Free Game with Diddy” business and entrepreneurship class while he was at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn (MDC), a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons told PEOPLE.

Combs’ legal team requested that the musician be transferred from MDC to the prison Fort Dix in New Jersey, a low‑security prison that offers the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian has recommended that Combs be considered for any available substance‑abuse program.

Last month, the mogul was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July.

His trial in the Southern District of New York resulted in him being acquitted of the most serious charges he faced, including sex trafficking and racketeering, which potentially carried a life in prison sentence if he had been found guilty.

Prosecutors asked at the time that Combs be sentenced to 11 years in prison, claiming in a sentencing memorandum that they believed he was “unrepentant” about his actions. However, the musician’s defense asked that he receive a sentence no more than 14 months.

His legal team filed a two-page court document on Monday, Oct. 20, intending to appeal his conviction.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Combs is projected to be released from prison on May  8, 2028. The release date suggests Combs, who had already served about a year in jail before his October sentencing, could be released a few months early for good behavior, though that date could still change.

Combs has been in prison since he was arrested in Sept. 16, 2024 at a Manhattan hotel.