One of the men said: “This is not some normal s*** you see in jail. This is some rich s***. It looks crazy, but again, it’s Diddy.”
Another said: “He’s a billionaire. People are in awe of him. Money is power, especially behind bars.”
According to the sources, Combs spends thousands of dollars, with people outside prison putting money into the commissary accounts of inmates he has working for him, including one who cleans the toilet and shower areas before he uses them, and others who secretly cook him special meals such as curry and pizza using a makeshift heating element submerged in water.
One man said: “After a while, I got tired of cooking. He started going to the Jamaicans.”
Other inmates allegedly look after the rapper’s contraband phone and fan mail.
One insider said: “It’s so much that he gets. He doesn’t have room for it.”
When he arrived at Fort Dix, Combs entered a drug treatment programme but allegedly used the network there to acquire his phone, alcohol and a number of inmates on his payroll.
One source said: “Pretty much the day he arrived, the party started.”
Another added: “You can pretty much get anything except a key to the front door and a female.”
Guards are alleged to have smuggled in premium alcohol for Combs, which he has shared with a group of inmates.
One who claimed to have drunk Hennessy with him said: “Hell yeah, I drank with him.”
A spokesperson for Combs insisted his “ordinary prison life” isn’t news.
The representative said: “The continued scrutiny of every mundane detail of Sean Combs’ life in prison has reached the point where the media characterises ordinary prison life as news.
“The only real news is that Sean continues to serve his sentence while awaiting the court’s decision on his appeal.”
A Bureau of Prisons spokesperson said the agency does not comment on particular inmates because of “privacy, safety and security reasons”.
They said: “Like all correctional agencies, contraband, particularly cellphones, narcotics, and weapons, remains a constant challenge, and we continue to tackle the problem of contraband being introduced into our facilities.”