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Survivor Federal Prison Edition ? Not for the Weak

Being on a season of "Survivor" and making it all the way to the top may be one of the most difficult ways to make a million bucks in the entertainment industry. However, for those people who have survived it, and there are only 12 of them, they are swimming in a ton of cash, that is of course if they remembered to pay their taxes. For those who failed to pay the government, namely one Richard Hatch, he will be testing out "Survivor: Federal Prison".

Richard Hatch is being sent to a federal prison located in Oklahoma, where he will have to serve a 51-month sentence for not paying taxes on his million dollar win from "Survivor". In May hatch was convicted in front of a federal jury after he was caught lying several times on the witness stand. Shame he couldn`t convince this jury as he managed to do in the first season of "Survivor".

The federal prison that Hatch is being sent to is not one of the best ones around. His lawyer petitioned to have him transferred to a lower security prison "camp", where Hatch will be able to enjoy the outdoors and not be trapped inside all day. However, it is still not known if a transfer will be allowed. Hopefully Hatch will keep his cool in prison and be released before his full sentence is up, but you can never be sure with someone like Richard Hatch.