Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory is out of federal prison.

The former drug lord – who rose to fame as the co-founder of the Black Mafia Family criminal enterprise – was released on October 15 by Federal Bureau of Prisons officer FCI Coleman Low in Florida Scott Taylor said in a statement to E! News.

Following Flenory’s release, the 56-year-old was transferred to community confinement — which consists of house arrest or a halfway house — the officer told E! News. His expected release date is now January 27, 2026.

Flenory co-founded his drug business with his younger brother. Terry Lee “Southwest Tee” Flenoryin Detroit in the 1980s, according to Newsweek. According to the outlet, the company eventually grew into a national enterprise, distributing more than $270 million worth of cocaine across the U.S. before the brothers’ arrest in 2005. Two years later, they both pleaded guilty to running a continuing criminal enterprise and were sentenced to 30 years in prison. years in prison.