I wondered about the prison wear that Diddy Combs would be wearing during his upcoming short stay in prison. It made me think of the prison wear from long past - the big wide horizontal stripes. They were more circus wear than prison wear to me. However, their intent was to create humiliation.
Articles in May 2025 said that Diddy Combs was allowed to receive non-prison clothing for his trial. "The singer, 55, can have five button-down shirts, up to five pairs of pants, up to five sweaters, up to five pairs of socks, and up to two pairs of shoes without laces."
We won't see pictures of Combs in neon orange jumpsuits. Orange jumpsuits are for high risk prisoners. And he's no longer a high-risk prisoner, is he? The orange suits are also used for court appearances, but not Combs with his special privileges.
Famous and infamous have similar exemptions. I might be cynical, but I think the view is that the sex trafficking was really just a bit of prostitution, that the "victims" must have consented. Victim consent is still the norm in the public's mind.
The tradition of giving of privileges to criminals is long-standing. The U.S. is given to idolizing criminals. Think Billy the Kid, Bonnie and Clyde, Al Capone, John Dillinger, and so many more. They have been romanticized over the many decades.
Is that all in the past? What about these criminals right here and now? The consensus is that Diddy Combs will stage a career comeback. Donald Trump just recently did this. All those criminal charges and being convicted were found to strengthen his political position. But there's a difference between a comeback and being idolized as a criminal. Diddy Combs will likely fade from view.
Donald Trump? Given Americans know he is a criminal: a YouGov survey found that 2/3 of Americans say Donald Trump has definitely or probably committed crimes, then what? Hie is in the "line-up" for idolizing and adoration. It is just a matter of time.
Isn't this great! A picture from the past when we were in Toronto and I took pictures through the glass block window in the dining room.
