 Van Tatenhove sentenced Farmer to 27 months in federal prison on January 14, 2014.He recommended that the sentence be served at the Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, Farmer's hometown, but the Federal Bureau of Prisons opted to assign him to the United States Penitentiary, Hazelton near Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.The "Lexington Herald-Leader" noted that Farmer's inmate number, 16226-032, was reminiscent of his college jersey number, 32.