Former "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch released from jail

Richard Hatch, a former contestant on "Survivor," leaves federal court in Providence, R.I., where he was charged with violating terms of his probation on his tax evasion sentence, Dec. 15, 2010.

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(CBS/AP) Former "Survivor" contestant and winner Richard Hatch has been released from a Rhode Island prison after serving a nine-month sentence for failing to pay back taxes.

A state prison official says the first-season winner of the CBS reality show was released Monday. Hatch served six weeks at a minimum security facitily as a transition after spending most of his sentence in federal prison.

Hatch of Newport, R.I. had spent more than three years in prison for not paying taxes on his $1 million "Survivor" winnings. He was released in 2009 and ordered to refile his 2000 and 2001 taxes and pay what he owed.

The 50-year-old went back to prison in March for violating the terms of his supervised release by failing to settle his tax bill.