Sean “Diddy” Combs was taken from federal prison by ambulance for treatment of a reported head injury early Saturday, Oct. 10. The 56-year-old music executive was hospitalized and returned to custody that day.
A source familiar with the incident confirmed the hospital visit to PEOPLE in its Oct. 12 report, describing the injury as non-life-threatening. The circumstances that caused it have not been disclosed.
Officials at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey declined to discuss Combs’ medical condition or housing assignment when contacted by Entertainment Weekly, citing privacy, safety and security.
Combs is serving a 50-month federal sentence. His attorneys are appealing his convictions and sentence while he remains at the low-security institution.
Prison Sources Said He Was Conscious When He Returned
TMZ’s prison sources said an ambulance left around 1 a.m. and Combs returned before sunrise, conscious and speaking. His spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, said the team was aware of the reports and still working to establish what happened.
“Sean’s health and well-being are our immediate concern, and we appreciate everyone who has reached out,” he said in a statement provided to Variety.
PEOPLE’s source said Combs was placed in solitary confinement after the hospital visit. He had already been reported to be in the prison’s Special Housing Unit before the medical incident.
Earlier Footage Showed Combs Walking Around the Prison
TMZ’s July 7 footage showed Combs walking around Fort Dix. He had been transferred there after his Oct. 3, 2025, sentencing by U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian.
Before that, Combs spent approximately a year at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn following his September 2024 arrest.
A Manhattan jury convicted him on July 2, 2025, of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Jurors acquitted him of racketeering conspiracy and sex-trafficking charges. The Justice Department records the conviction and sentencing dates in its prosecution summary.
NBC’s Contraband Investigation Preceded His Latest Housing Transfer
@nbcnewsFor the first time, footage exclusively obtained by NBC News shows Sean Combs using a cell phone which is prohibited by federal law. NBC News spoke to four men who spent time with Combs in prison. Multiple sources say he’s paid thousands of dollars a month to other inmates to do tasks for him. NBC News’ Chloe Melas has the story.♬ original sound – nbcnews
In a Sept. 29 investigation, NBC News reporters Rich Schapiro and Chloe Melas described an arrangement in which other prisoners allegedly cooked, cleaned, handled laundry and provided massages for Combs. Four men who had spent time in his housing unit said money was deposited into inmates’ accounts in exchange for those services.
The network also obtained photographs and video that it said showed Combs using a contraband cellphone. Its sources alleged that he had access to alcohol and a modified tablet that allowed him to watch movies and television programs beyond the device’s usual restrictions.
Engelmayer challenged the portrayal of Combs’ daily life, criticizing the media’s treatment of “ordinary prison life” as news and saying his client was serving his sentence while awaiting a decision on his appeal. On Sept. 30, TMZ reported that officials were moving Combs into the Special Housing Unit while investigating those allegations.
A Union Official Said Combs Lost 41 Days of Good-Conduct Time
Jose Rojas, secretary of federal prison employees’ union AFGE Local 506, told NBC News that Combs had lost 41 days of good-conduct time for “disruptive conduct,” according to the New York Post’s Oct. 9 report.
Rojas said the sanction followed a determination that Combs had interfered with the institution’s security or orderly operation. He described loss of credit as a penalty frequently imposed for unauthorized cellphones.
Combs’ spokesperson told NBC that his team had received no official findings or explanation of the disciplinary action and would not speculate about its basis or consequences, according to UNILAD’s account of the report.
The Bureau of Prisons describes a future release date in its inmate locator as a projection based on agency calculations. PEOPLE’s Oct. 7 review of the records listed March 2, 2028, replacing the previous projection of Jan. 21.