What’s life like for Diddy in the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in New York?He’s awaiting trial for federal charges of sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution and racketeering with conspiracy. Diddy denies them all.Catana Yehudah served a sentence in the MDC for fraud and federal public defender Andrew Dalack has represented people who have been detained there. They tell Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty about life inside.The Diddy on Trial podcast is here to investigate the rumours, confront the theories, and give you the answers that you need.We also want YOU to be part of the conversation. Have you any burning questions about the cases or the upcoming trial? Heard a theory that doesn’t sit right with you? Get in touch now via WhatsApp: 0330 123 555 1.Presenter: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Producer: Laura Jones Sound Design: Richard Hannaford Production Coordinator: Hattie Valentine Editor: Clare FordhamCommissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Assistant Producer: Rechmial Miller
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BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Diddy on Trial with me, Anushka Matandadawati. Every week you can find us on BBC Sounds giving you the latest news on what's shaping up to be the trial of the decade. Diddy has been charged with sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution, and racketeering with conspiracy, he denies it all.
Now, I hope everybody got some time off over the holidays, including maybe even Diddy's defense team, although I doubt there would have been much rest in Mark Agnifilo's household, that's one of Diddy's defense lawyers, because while he's prepping for the dawn of the Diddy trial, his wife, Karen Agnifilo, is heading up the defense for the murder suspect who went viral for a smile, Luigi Mangione,
He's being held at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, or some people call it the MDC. And the Daily Mail has reported that it's inside that very jail that Diddy had a meltdown over the holidays and was asking prison guards to take him to the hospital. We asked his team about this. They denied these claims, stating that he continues to stay strong and focused on his defense.
But they specifically told us that he missed his family on Christmas Day, a holiday he traditionally spends with his children. Now, the idea of Diddy in a prison has sparked a lot of interest, going from a life of glamour to a jail which a US judge has called dangerous and barbaric. And we're going to talk about that jail today. Abby on Instagram asked a question.
She said, is it as bad as people say it is? I feel like people are hyping it up because P. Diddy's in there. Well, it's also been home to R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell and the fallen king of crypto, Sam Bankman Freed. So today we're taking you behind the bars of the MDC, asking how Diddy's life has changed inside it and whether it is as bad as people say. My first guest is Katana Yehuda.
Katana, you served time in the MDC for fraud. You also have a brother who was in there for gun possession, and you've protested against the conditions in the jail. But for people who have absolutely no idea what it's like to serve time at all, what are the first couple of days like for somebody going into jail for the first time?
The first couple of days are heartbreaking because you're taken completely away from family. There's no interaction with anyone except prisoners or the guards. So you have no idea what to expect as far as going through things with the prisoner or the guards because it can go either way when you first walk through those prison gates.
So it's really, even for the toughest person in the world, it's scary because you just don't know what to expect. And do you have all your belongings taken away? Everything. I went in with extension braids in my hair. They made me sit in a cell and take every braid out of my hair before I was let into population. I don't think that the MDC is for any human being at all.
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