NEW YORK — The New York City jail where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held was targeted with an interagency operation Monday, federal prison officials said.
The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn is currently housing Combs on sex trafficking and racketeering charges . Other high-profile inmates, from R. Kelly to Sam Bankman-Fried , have been held there over the years.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons told CBS News in a statement the operation was “designed to achieve our shared goal of maintaining a safe environment for both our employees and the incarcerated individuals housed at MDC Brooklyn.”
The statement added there is no active threat at the facility.
The bureau partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General and other law enforcement agencies for the sweep .
Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn’s history of complaints
The operation comes as MDC Brooklyn faces increased scrutiny over deaths, violence and dismal conditions. The Bureau of Prisons and the Justice Department have been pushing to fix the problems and hold perpetrators accountable.