Brian Buckmeyer

A place he doesn't want to be. A place that no amount of money can get him out of. A place I know well. More after the break.

A place he doesn't want to be. A place that no amount of money can get him out of. A place I know well. More after the break.

In Diddy's old life, he could choose which of his many homes he wanted to spend time in. A three-story mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean and downtown LA, a compound in Miami including a nine-bedroom mansion, a New York City apartment with views of Central Park, homes in New Jersey and Atlanta, and a waterfront mansion in the Hamptons.

In Diddy's old life, he could choose which of his many homes he wanted to spend time in. A three-story mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean and downtown LA, a compound in Miami including a nine-bedroom mansion, a New York City apartment with views of Central Park, homes in New Jersey and Atlanta, and a waterfront mansion in the Hamptons.

Now, Diddy's in the Metropolitan Detention Center, or MDC, in Brooklyn. This bland behemoth is where he'll stay as he awaits trial. So we're pulling up to MDC now. It's got like this... uncapped, unwashed, grungy-ness of it. There's a tall metal fence around the MDC complex, so the parking lot's as far as most reporters get.

Now, Diddy's in the Metropolitan Detention Center, or MDC, in Brooklyn. This bland behemoth is where he'll stay as he awaits trial. So we're pulling up to MDC now. It's got like this... uncapped, unwashed, grungy-ness of it. There's a tall metal fence around the MDC complex, so the parking lot's as far as most reporters get.

But as a defense attorney, I'm here almost every week, and I can get further than most. I walk through the gate, up the steps, and through the doors to security. I get escorted into the visitor's area, and I meet my client for about an hour or two. For the parts of the jail I can't see, my clients fill me in about how boiling hot it is in the summer, how cold it is in the winter.

But as a defense attorney, I'm here almost every week, and I can get further than most. I walk through the gate, up the steps, and through the doors to security. I get escorted into the visitor's area, and I meet my client for about an hour or two. For the parts of the jail I can't see, my clients fill me in about how boiling hot it is in the summer, how cold it is in the winter.

An inmate told me that at one point, when there was no heat or hot water, he couldn't go to the showers and instead was dumping hot water onto his body from the sink, washing himself and catching the water in the toilet. I had to come to MDC on that cold, gray day in January to meet with a client who was awaiting sentencing.

An inmate told me that at one point, when there was no heat or hot water, he couldn't go to the showers and instead was dumping hot water onto his body from the sink, washing himself and catching the water in the toilet. I had to come to MDC on that cold, gray day in January to meet with a client who was awaiting sentencing.

Getting out of my Uber, I looked up at this complex of tall, concrete buildings. And the gate before you come in, you can actually hear people. It almost sounds like they're, like, rec hour. Yeah, it sounds like they're playing a sport.

Getting out of my Uber, I looked up at this complex of tall, concrete buildings. And the gate before you come in, you can actually hear people. It almost sounds like they're, like, rec hour. Yeah, it sounds like they're playing a sport.

Each of MDC's buildings are 10 or more stories tall, and where the windows in a typical apartment would be, you have red brick slabs with narrow slats and big sections of metal grating that give you the impression of a locked jail cell, even from the outside.

Each of MDC's buildings are 10 or more stories tall, and where the windows in a typical apartment would be, you have red brick slabs with narrow slats and big sections of metal grating that give you the impression of a locked jail cell, even from the outside.

MDC is right on the Brooklyn waterfront, just a few blocks from a bougie converted warehouse space full of artisanal shops and upscale restaurants. But if you're part of the legal system in New York, you know that MDC is not a nice place to be. In fact, it's been described as hell on earth, known for its violence, corruption, and miserable conditions.

MDC is right on the Brooklyn waterfront, just a few blocks from a bougie converted warehouse space full of artisanal shops and upscale restaurants. But if you're part of the legal system in New York, you know that MDC is not a nice place to be. In fact, it's been described as hell on earth, known for its violence, corruption, and miserable conditions.

It's a federal building, so you can see Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. You see the American flag. And the building has watermarks and rust on the metal parts and things of that way. Over the years, it's housed some people you've probably heard of, like R. Kelly, Michael Cohen, Ghislaine Maxwell, Sam Bankman Freed, Luigi Mangione, and Sean Diddy Combs.

It's a federal building, so you can see Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. You see the American flag. And the building has watermarks and rust on the metal parts and things of that way. Over the years, it's housed some people you've probably heard of, like R. Kelly, Michael Cohen, Ghislaine Maxwell, Sam Bankman Freed, Luigi Mangione, and Sean Diddy Combs.

Combs has been at MDC since he was arrested last September. According to his attorney, Mark Agnifilo, Diddy had flown to New York to cooperate with authorities.

Combs has been at MDC since he was arrested last September. According to his attorney, Mark Agnifilo, Diddy had flown to New York to cooperate with authorities.