P Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison last month, and he was moved from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center to New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix earlier this month. The latter prison is reportedly far less dangerous than the MDC, but a reality TV veteran has shared his thoughts on how Diddy could survive Fort Dix.
Joe Giudice, known for his stint on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, spent 41 months at Fort Dix after being convicted on multiple counts of financial fraud. When asked about Diddy’s situation in prison, Giudice told Us Weekly that Diddy would be fine as long as he keeps his head down. Here’s what the businessman told the outlet:
[It] depends on how he carries himself. As long as he keeps a low profile and doesn’t try to act like a big shot, he’ll be fine.
Interestingly, Giudice earlier claimed on Fox News Digital that Fort Dix wasn’t as safe as everyone made it to be. He claimed that he had witnessed gang activity and stabbings in the New Jersey prison. He doubled down on the claims and told Us Weekly that he had seen orgies in the prison shower. He shared:
I’ve seen people get stabbed over an onion… You ain’t in there with the most stable people. I got up at, like, three or four in the morning to go to the bathroom and you would see the craziest things in there, people you would never imagine. [The guards] hear the shower going at night, and they just look the other way.
According to Diddy’s representative Juda Engelmayer, the rapper appears to be following everyone’s advice and keeping his head low. Engelmayer told The Mirror US, “He is making the best of it. Keeping his head low. He just wants to get back to his kids, and that’s all he’s going to focus on.”
Further, it was reported that Diddy has found a new job at Fort Dix, working in the chapel library. According to TMZ, he was also assigned laundry duty at his new prison.
Suge Knight’s Advice to Diddy to Survive Prison
On October 3, 2025, Judge Arun Subramanian delivered the sentence that included 50 months in prison, a $500,000 fine, and five years of supervised release after his jail time. Diddy’s biggest rival, Suge Knight, spoke to CNN after the news about Diddy’s jail time emerged.
According to Knight, on one side, the sentencing would affect his family and his children, while on the other, it would give some satisfaction to his two victims. He shared, “Three years seems like thirty years to Puffy. So it’s not like, he’s walking in there and it’s going to be Disneyland.”
He shared that Diddy was a man with a reputation. So when he would go to prison, people were going to either love him or hate him. When asked about the potential attacks that Diddy might face in jail, Knight shared that the system was going to do its best to protect Diddy. He warned Diddy, sharing:
We do understand what we signed up for. We do understand that we benefit from everything we do. So, when your bed gets a little rough, you’ve got to respect it and lie in it. He can get his relationship with God, or he can get his workout on. And get ready to protect himself one way or the other.
When asked about whether he believed Diddy’s words in court that he was a changed man, Knight pointed out how none of his baby mothers came and said anything supporting him. He gave advice to Diddy on surviving prison:
But if it was about surviving in prison, don’t listen to nobody in prison. Go there and do your own time. First thing you do, don’t worry about who got your back. Have your own back and use your time to better yourself. Use your time to working out in your health better.
He also advised Diddy to stay away from the drugs, sharing that it was “more drugs in prison than in the streets.” He also added, “Stay away from the unnecessary BS and make sure you make it home safely. You are not home until you are home. Be prepared to fight.”
An insider recently claimed that Diddy was drinking “homemade alcohol” made of Fanta, sugar, and apples in prison. However, his team denied the rumors, sharing, “His only focus is becoming the best version of himself and returning to his family” (via The Mirror US).
P Diddy Allegedly Thinks He Will Get an Early Release
P Diddy has been allegedly bragging to his fellow inmates about how President Donald Trump can still get him out soon. This piece of information comes after Trump earlier confirmed that he received Diddy’s request for a pardon. According to RadarOnline‘s source, Diddy has been telling inmates that Trump “owes him one.”
It led to speculations that Diddy may have compromising material on Trump. According to the source, Diddy allegedly told his fellow inmates that the deal had already been done. The source claimed:
Diddy’s been telling anyone who’ll listen that Trump’s got his back. He’s saying the deal’s already done – that the paperwork is just a matter of timing. People in here are starting to ask what kind of leverage he could possibly have over a man like Trump.
Another source shared that Diddy allegedly has evidence about Trump’s past, which he is using to get out of prison. The source shared that it was the reason why Trump hasn’t fully ruled out Diddy’s pardon yet. The source shared:
The talk inside is that Diddy knows something about Trump’s past, and that’s why he’s so confident he will step in and grant him early release. Whether it’s true or not, that’s what’s spreading. The fact that Trump hasn’t ruled it out publicly only fuels it more.
According to RadarOnline, White officials responded to the rumors and denied the claims that Trump would commute Diddy’s sentence. His attorneys have officially filed the paperwork for his appeal against his 50-month sentence (via Billboard). Diddy is now set to be released from prison on June 4, 2028.
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