Diddy’s prison privileges might sound crazy to some people, but MVP isn’t impressed. The former WWE Superstar spent nine and a half years behind bars, and he says having money in prison can get you just about anything. He’s seen guards smuggle drugs, take money from inmates, and even ask prisoners for food. So when he heard about Diddy’s situation, his reaction was pretty much that this has been happening forever.
During the October 26, 2026 episode of Marking Out with MVP and Dwayne Swayze, MVP got into the dirty side of prison life while discussing his time in Florida’s correctional system. He claimed some guards were so desperate for money that they were running drug operations inside the very prisons they were supposed to be policing.
MVP recalled one correctional officer at DeSoto Correctional Institution who allegedly had two inmates selling drugs for him. The guard supplied the drugs, the prisoners handled the sales, and everybody got a piece of the money until the whole operation came crashing down.
“If you got money them correctional officers don’t make any money. Them correctional officers get paid a pittance. You know, they make less than regular cops. The correctional officers when I was in the system of Florida, they were the man who was bringing the drugs in.”
“There’s one guard, he finally got caught. And he ended up doing prison time. He had two guys that were selling dope for him. So, he’d bring, he’d smuggle in the drugs, give it to these dudes. They’d sell it on the compound; they bring him money, they’d keep their share, he’d go out and he’d smuggle dope.”
The conversation then turned to Rick Ross, who previously worked as a correctional officer. MVP joked that Ross should have leaned into his prison guard past instead of trying to distance himself from it, considering what MVP says some officers were doing on the job.
“But he should have said instead of saying, ‘No, I didn’t do it. Yeah, yeah, man, yeah, I was, you know, I was bringing in that work. You know, yeah, I was a CO, but I was bringing in work, you know.’ That would have been like, ‘Oh, okay, yeah, believable.'”
And that’s where Diddy entered the conversation. MVP said hearing about the music mogul’s access to special privileges behind bars didn’t surprise him because wealthy inmates have been pulling strings inside federal prisons for years. He pointed to organized crime figures who, according to him, have long enjoyed a very different prison experience from everybody else.
“So, when I found out about Diddy, what he was getting access to, like, ‘Yeah, the mob been doing that for years in federal penitentiaries.'”
“That’s not new. They They don’t eat what we eat. You know, they they Yeah, you You got connections, you got money, you make things You can make things happen.”
MVP also revealed just how broke some correctional officers were during his time at Glades Correctional Institution. He recalled guards borrowing food from inmates, including one officer named Bostick who would occasionally ask him for soup and chips.
“Some of those guards, they had a what they call a BOQ, bachelor’s only quarter. And only like single officers could live there. It was like just like like trailers.”
“So, I remember this one officer, Bostick. He was cool. I liked As far as COs go, he was cool, you know, but he used to come to me every now and again and be like ‘Hey man, get a soup and chips from me, man.'”
MVP said Bostick sometimes returned the favor by bringing him outside food, including Burger King. It was just one of several examples he gave of how inmates and guards could end up doing favors for each other.
As far as MVP is concerned, Diddy’s situation is nothing new. He spent enough time locked up to see how money changes the rules, and he’s convinced that inmates with the right connections have always had ways to get what they want.
Do you think MVP has a point about wealthy inmates getting special treatment, or should everyone behind bars be forced to follow the exact same rules? Drop your thoughts in the comments.
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