Diddy’s Not the Only One Dealing With Unsafe Jail Conditions

Sean “Diddy” Combs (Photo Credit: Daniel Incandela, Flickr). By Joseph Williams This article was originally published on& Word In Black. Earlier this month, as federal investigators prepared a criminal case against him, the music and entertainment mogul known as Diddy flew from his Miami mansion to New York City and checked into a posh Manhattan hotel suite, where he awaited his fate in luxury and comfort.& & On Wednesday, after agents& arrested him on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, the man also known as Sean Combs woke up behind bars in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, a squat, hulking jail& notorious for harsh conditions, overcrowding, and violence. He was sent there after his lawyer failed to convince a judge to let him serve detention in his South Florida home — a sprawling estate with pools, a guest house, and spa.& It was a drastic change in circumstance for hip hop’s first billionaire: trading swank digs for a facility widely considered& “a hellhole.”& But it has also brought attention to the issue of jails and pretrial detention — what one report calls “the most overlooked human rights crisis& of our time.” Studies have shown jails across the country are& rife...