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Second judge He refused to give bail Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday and may remain in federal custody at the Brooklyn Detention Center pending his arraignment on sex-trafficking charges. Combs joins other high-profile inmates, such as singer R. Kelly, Fallen cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-FriedRapper Ja Rule—even Al Sharpton, who had a brief stint—was held in the same federal detention center.

Notorious for its dire conditions — inmates won a $10 million class action settlement after enduring freezing conditions during an 8-day blackout in 2019 — the waterfront industrial complex, MDC Brooklyn, houses 1,200 inmates.

Violence and corruption have long plagued the facility; US District Judge Gary R. of the Eastern District of New York. Brown wrote of the detention center's “dangerous, barbaric conditions” in a recent ruling opinion. Two inmates have been stabbed to death in recent months, and several corrections officers have been convicted of drug smuggling and accepting bribes.

Combs joins a list of high-profile figures who have landed at MDC Brooklyn, in part because the city's other federal detention center, MDC New York, is slated to close in 2021, also due to appalling conditions. Dishonored financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide In his cell there in 2019. “Numerous and egregious” instances of misconduct among corrections staff gave Epstein the opportunity to kill himself, a subsequent federal watchdog investigation found.

Kelly the case A federal detention center wrongfully placed him on suicide watch after his sentencing in 2022. Kelly was seeking $100 million because he said the detention center knew he was not suicidal after he was convicted in 2021 of violating the Standards Act, which bars transporting people across state lines for prostitution.

Former crypto billionaire Bankman-Fried lived on bread, water and sometimes peanut butter while at MDC Brooklyn, His lawyer said: Because the detention center continued to serve him “meat food” despite his request for vegan food.

Ja rule remained MDC in Brooklyn After serving his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession, he served a short time before being released. Most of his prison time was spent in New York State Prison.

Sharpton served a 90-day sentence in 2001 and went on hunger strike to protest the US Navy's bombing of Vieques Island in Puerto Rico.

The comb was taken Custody on Monday And he is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

“It's impossible to prepare him for trial from where he is,” his attorney Mark Agnifilo told CBS News after the first federal judge denied Combs bail on Tuesday.

US Magistrate Judge Robin Tarnofsky agreed with prosecutors who argued the hip-hop mogul, who is accused of using his business empire as a criminal enterprise to cover up alleged abuse of his women, is a flight risk and an ongoing threat to its safety. community

Agnifilo said the part of the detention center where Combs is being held is “a very difficult place.”

Alex Sundby contributed to this report.