Sean "Diddy" Combs, in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as he awaits trial on a sex trafficking and racketeering charges, was placed in suicide watch by officials, according to sources.

The music mogul, who is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, was denied bail and ordered held at a federal detention center. His lawyers are appealing.

The Brooklyn jail the rap mogul is being held is plagued for years by gross understaffing, medical mistreatment, atrocious conditions and violence, critics said.