Lane Garrison celebrated his 28th birthday behind bars and his good friend Jessica Simpson send him a gift to mark the occasion. Jessica can't visit Lane, who's currently serving his sentence for DUI at a facility in Corcoran, California, because she would create a security risk. But she didn't forget him - Jessica WANTED to send him an iPod, but it wasn't allowed, so she sent him a practical gift: a hundred postage stamps. Lane often calls Jessica collect from prison and he likes to fill the empty hours by writing letters.

Prison Break's Lane Garrison just got sort of a break in prison. He acquired a job. Due to his exemplary behavior, Lane has been promoted to food helper. He spends his days preparing meals and he also helps the guards hand out breakfast, lunch, and dinner to the inmates. For this he gets paid 9 cents an hour - and it goes straight to his savings account. Not much for a TV star, but he's happy.

"Prison Break" star Lane Garrison is in the fourth month of his prison sentence with 36 months to go, and he's trying to pass some of the time by doing pencil sketches. He's genuinely sorry about his fatal DUI accident and is resigned to taking his punishment. Right now he's incarcerated "auditorium style" - that means forty guys sleeping on cots in a big room. He's on his best behavior and gets along with other inmates. A friend of his told us that Lane would love to receive some encouraging mail. So we're giving you his address so YOU can drop him a line!
Write to:
Lane Garrison
CDC #F95770
F-10-320L
PO Box 799002
San Diego Cal. 92179-9002

NOW we know why Jessica Simpson was in TEARS at the Kennedy Center Honors. She had just found out about Lane Garrison's tragic auto accident. (One teenage male passenger was killed and two girls were injured.) Lane was like a brother to her - they grew up in the same town and when he had problems at home, he went to live with Jessica's dad Joe Simpson when he was a teenager. Simpson helped make Lane a star like he did his daughters. And Lane loved being famous. When he went to Ralph's Saturday night to buy pita chips, two teen girls saw him and got VERY excited. They begged him to come to their high school party to impress their friends. Lane couldn't resist the flattery. Just how much he had to drink before and during the party will be apparent when his blood test results come back. When Lane wanted to leave, the girls begged the boy who was killed to come along because they were a little afraid of Lane. The joy ride ended abruptly when his SUV crashed into a tree. Acquaintances of Lane are predicting that the blood test will show more than alcohol was in his system. Right now Lane's in hiding and Jessica is still distraught.