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By SAMEER SURI, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER and MARJORIE HERNANDEZ, US WEST COAST NEWS EDITOR and EVE BUCKLAND
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been transferred to a new federal prison, after officials denied a report that he brawled behind bars with a Jamaican drug kingpin.
He was previously held at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey but has been moved to FCI Allenwood in Pennsylvania, the Federal Bureau of Prisons told the Daily Mail.
FCI Allenwood is a low security facility that houses 1,044 inmates, by contrast to the 4,234 at FCI Fort Dix, per Federal Bureau of Prisons records.
'We can confirm that Sean Combs is currently incarcerated at FCI Allenwood Low,' Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Donald Murphy told the Daily Mail. 'For privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not discuss the conditions of confinement for any individual in our custody, including reasons for transfer.'
Diddy's spokesman Juda Engelmayer told The Daily Mail in a statement: 'The Bureau of Prisons has confirmed Sean's relocation to Allenwood.'
He added: 'Decisions about inmate placement are made by the BOP, and we are not in a position to speak to the circumstances surrounding this transfer. Sean remains focused on moving forward, and we hope that his time at the new facility will be productive and without unnecessary disruption.'
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has been transferred to a new federal prison, after officials denied a report that he brawled behind bars with a Jamaican drug kingpin
Earlier this week, TMZ claimed Diddy had sustained a 'severe' head injury on Friday in a fight with Jamaican drug lord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, who succeeded his late father Lester Coke as the leader of the gang Shower Posse.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons then told the Daily Mail no such fight took place, and it remains unclear whether Diddy was even injured. The prison has refused to clarify.
In a statement denying the prison brawl, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons told the Daily Mail: 'While, for privacy, safety, and security reasons, we do not comment on the conditions of confinement for any individual in our custody, we can tell you that the story you are referring to is false and did not happen.
'Sean Combs is in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and is incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix.
'Beyond this, we have no additional information to provide.'