From SiliconValley.com (the SJ Mercury-News), September 25:
The two famous prisoners are being held in a barracks-like area of a Brooklyn federal detention center that is reserved for detainees who require special protection, news reports say
Being the new guy in Brooklyn’s federal lockup, Sean “Diddy” Combs may be able to seek advice about surviving prison life from Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency fraudster from Palo Alto.
The New York Times and NBC News reported that the rapper and music mogul has been moved to the section of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where the FTX founder also is being held.
The barracks-like area of the MDC holds 18 to 20 people and is reserved for detainees who require special protection, while the facility itself has a reputation for being notoriously tough, plagued by chronic understaffing, constant lockdowns, outbreaks of violence, delayed access to medical care, and a rash of suicides and deaths, as the Daily Beast reported.
Combs, 54, was locked up in the MDC following his arrest last week in New York City on a federal indictment accusing him of a racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and other charges, allegations that center on the sexual abuse of women, NBC News said. Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Meanwhile, Bankman-Fried asked to remain in the MDC, while pursuing his appeal....
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