Major Contraband Sweep At Diddy's Brooklyn Jail Completed, Feds Say

BROOKLYN, NY — The major contraband sweep launched Monday by federal investigators at Metropolitan Detention Center-Brooklyn, the notorious Sunset Park jail where Sean "Diddy" Combs is being held, ended on Friday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) told Patch.

The operation was carried out by several federal, state and city agencies, including the BOP, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, the NYPD, and other law enforcement partners, a spokesperson for the BOP said.

"The combined operation identified and confiscated a number of electronic devices, drugs and associated paraphernalia, and homemade weapons," a spokesperson from the BOP said. "This operation was preplanned and coordinated to ensure the safety and security of the adults in custody and employees at MDC Brooklyn."

This week-long sweep, which the BOP called an "interagency operation" comes a month after the Bureau of Prisons introduced a Brooklyn Urgent Action Team, which has made several changes to the jail, including increasing staffing levels, increasing correction officer pay, and introducing telehealth services for people in custody.

In October, nine inmates were accused of several acts of violence which resulted in the death of two other inmates at the jail, and one of its corrections officers was also charged with chasing a civilian car for five miles and shooting a passenger inside.

"This operation was part of a larger safety and security initiative and not in response to any particular threat or intelligence," the spokesperson for BOP said.

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