'Survivor' Richard Hatch Transferred To Oklahoma Prison

Richard Hatch, the original Survivor to "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast" the competition will have to do it again. This time, it will be in a federal prison in Oklahoma.

Richard Hatch won the first installment of the massively popular CBS show, Survivor. His prize for winning was $1 million, but, after "forgetting" to pay taxes on his earnings, he was sentenced to 51 months in prison. After having been serving his time at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts, he has been moved to the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. As MSNBC reports, "It wasn't immediately clear why Hatch was moved or whether he will serve out his prison sentence at the facility, which is a hub for prisoners transferring through the federal system."

The transfer to the federal prison in Oklahoma came at the dismay of Hatch's lawyer, Michael Minns. Minns said that Hatch would prefer to serve out the rest of his sentence near to his family in Rhode Island or in Florida. ABC News quoted Minns as saying "He should be in a camp. The camps are the most comfortable of the uncomfortable. They are still jails, but they get to see the sky and be outside. It's bad for Richard, who is an outdoor person."

Richard Hatch was originally under investigation from the United States Attorney's Office in Providence, Rhode Island, after the reported that Hatch did not report the $1 million winning from Survivor as income. As well as the grand prize, Hatch failed to report the additional $10,000 paid by CBS for his appearance on the final show. Later that year, it was discovered Hatch failed to report $321,000 he earned for appearances on a Boston radio station.

After refusing to accept a plea bargain, Hatch was indicted on September 8, 2005. He was found guilty on January 25, 2006, but a Providence, Rhode Island jury, and was sentenced 51 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release.

[Additional Sources: MSNBC, ABC News, Wikipedia]