Was his hotness intact?

“…it’s almost as if being in jail for so long made him hotter,” Hollywood Life reporter Lauren Cox wrote. “Looking tan, showing off his tattoos, and rocking a white shirt, Jeremy is posing with fashion photographer Jim Jordan. Swoon!”

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The photo Cox referenced was posted on Meeks’s Instagram page and included a hopeful message about his future.

“I want to thank my family and everybody for all your love, support and prayers,” he wrote. “I’m overwhelmed and grateful for what lies ahead. I’m ready.”

On Instagram, Jim Jordan wrote that he was happy to reunite with Meeks and indicated that the photo of the two of them was the first one taken after his release.

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Meeks has one more hurdle before he can dive into the modeling world. After being released, he was placed in a “transitional housing facility,” where he will remain for several weeks, Jordan told the paper.

After that, he added, Meeks will be “completely free to start his new journey.”

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There was a time, not too long ago, when police called Meeks “one of the most violent criminals in the Stockton area.” He was arrested in 2014 during a gang sweep in Stockton and faced multiple felony weapons charges at one time. The state eventually agreed to turn the case over to federal prosecutors, who reduced those charges to a single charge: “Felon in possession of a firearm.”

Months earlier, Meeks’s mug shot had become a cultural sensation after it was posted to the Stockton Police Department’s Facebook page in 2014. It went viral, launching a “hot mugshot guy”/”hot felon” meme and a thousand think pieces. Reportedly, it also helped Meeks (who may or may not have “model good looks”) land two Hollywood agents.

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Though he was forced to put his modeling career on hold while in prison, Meeks did manage to post images to his Instagram account of his family and him. In the last image before his release, Meeks said he was looking forward to time with his children.