Sean “Diddy” Combs, the three-time Grammy award-winning rapper accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse, and Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and other prison inmates are reportedly under lockdown at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, after a major “race riot.”
According to The Daily Mail, Sam Mangel, a federal prison consultant, said the Metropolitan Detention Center was recently put under lockdown after “more than 40” inmates were involved in a prison riot. As a result, high-profile inmates, such as Combs, Mangione, and disgraced crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, will be prevented from having family and friends visit for at least a month, according to the outlet.
“He’s locked down now, at least 23 out of 24 hours,” Mangel said regarding Combs. “I’m sure they allow him out at least three times a week for a shower, maybe to make a phone call, but that’s about it. So he’s being fed in his cell, it’s a six by nine cell with a little slat for a window.”
Mangel told The Daily Mail that during lockdowns, prison inmates are limited to reading and exercising in their prison cells, prohibited from accessing television screens, and limited to visits from legal advisors.
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“I know my client as well as other clients. I work closely with another consultant that is actually Mangione’s consultant,” Mangel said. “They’re clamoring for legal visits because it’s the only time that they can get out of their cells to see people, interact with people in a more open environment.”
According to The Daily Mail, Mangel confirmed that both Mangione and Combs are currently being held on a floor that would not be “susceptible” to the prison riots. “They’re on a floor with other high profile individuals that the last thing they want to do is get involved in the riots,” Mangel added.
The Daily Mail reported that Federal Bureau of Prisons officials confirmed “multiple” inmates were involved in a fight on February 22 and that a couple of the inmates sustained injuries. Officials also noted that none of the employees at the jail were injured during the fighting.
“Multiple incarcerated individuals were medically assessed and treated for minor injuries at the facility,” Donald Murphy, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman, said. “Two incarcerated individuals sustained injuries requiring outside medical treatment.”
Murphy told The Daily Mail that employees were able to isolate and contain the fight and that “at no time was the public in danger.”
