Sean Combs Returns to Fort Dix After Head Injury

Sean "Diddy" Combs was taken by ambulance from Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in New Jersey for medical treatment after suffering a head injury early Saturday morning. According to sources cited by TMZ on October 12, 2026, he returned to the prison before sunrise and was conscious and speaking. The ambulance left the facility at approximately 1 a.m., TMZ reported.

The outlet said it could not confirm which hospital, if any, treated Combs, and the circumstances surrounding his injury remained unclear. The New York Daily News reported that Combs sustained the injury in a fall, although the precise details of the incident were not established in the accounts. Neither outlet confirmed the specific medical treatment he received.

Combs is serving a 50-month federal prison sentence for transporting people for prostitution. According to the New York Daily News, he was approximately one year into his sentence when the medical incident occurred, and his scheduled release date had shifted from January 2028 to March 2028.

The medical episode came amid renewed scrutiny of Combs' treatment and activities behind bars. About 10 days earlier, NBC reported that he was paying fellow inmates thousands of dollars collectively each month for services that included cooking, cleaning, laundry and massages. According to TMZ, Combs had also faced allegations that he received special privileges in prison, including massages, alcohol and access to a cellphone containing nude photographs. The reports did not establish that these allegations were connected to his head injury.

Combs had previously been involved in a fight with another inmate in July, according to the reports. He was subsequently placed in the prison's special housing unit, commonly associated with solitary confinement, before reportedly being returned to that unit following the more recent developments described by the New York Daily News. The cause of Combs' head injury and the location of his medical treatment remained unconfirmed in the published accounts. TMZ's sources said he was able to speak and was conscious when he returned to Fort Dix before daybreak Saturday.