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Sean Combs is now scheduled to be released from prison more than five weeks early, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website than previously assumed – the new discharge date is April 25, 2028.
The 56-year-old is currently serving a 50-month prison sentence following his conviction on two counts of prostitution-related offenses at Fort Dix, a low-security federal penitentiary in New Jersey.
Combs’ release date has shifted several times since his arrival at Fort Dix last October. Originally scheduled for May 8, 2028, it was pushed back in November 2025 to June 4, 2028, according to the BOP website. (Around that time, CBS and TMZ reported that Combs had violated at least two prison rules, which his team denied. A spokesman for Combs declined to comment.)
Arrest and trial
The Bad Boy founder has been in custody since his arrest in September 2024. The music mogul was charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation for the purpose of prostitution. The alleged offenses related to so-called “freak-offs” that he is said to have organized with his girlfriends – including Casandra “Cassie” Ventura – and male escorts.
Last summer, Combs was acquitted of the most serious charges after a high-profile seven-week trial in which he maintained his innocence. He is currently appealing the sentence and is also challenging the law under which he was convicted. A hearing is scheduled for April.
Meanwhile, Combs spends his days in the prison chapel library and has also enrolled in an intensive drug treatment program called RDAP, which, upon successful completion, can reduce inmates’ sentences by up to a year. “He is taking his time there seriously and is working every day to heal and get home,” a spokesperson previously told Rolling Stone.
