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Jessica Simpson Helps Welcome Home a "Blessed" Lane Garrison

The newly released Prison Break star talks about his plans for the future

By Natalie Finn, Ken Baker Apr 30, 2009 5:01 AMTags

Hours after his release from prison and a gathering at Jessica Simpson's parents' house, a noticeably thinner Lane Garrison spoke exclusively to E! News as he arrived at the Los Angeles-area Tarzana Treatment Center to begin a five-month stint at the residential inpatient facility.

Wearing a baseball cap with the word "faith" printed on it, the former Prison Break star discussed his plans for the future.

"I'm blessed to be alive," said Garrison, who spent more than 19 months in prison altogether for a 2006 DUI crash that left one passenger dead.

"I'm just worried about getting through treatment right now," he said. Also, "I'm looking forward to getting on with my life and doing the right thing and helping people."

During his incarceration, Garrison was a peer mentor for fellow inmates, a responsibility that requires a spotless behavior record while behind bars.

And he had some famous friends waiting for him on the outside upon his release.

Sources tell E! News that, after being picked up from the California Correctional Institute, he was the guest of honor at a welcome-home reception at Simpson's parents' Encino home.

Papa Joe Simpson was Garrison's youth minister in their native Texas and Lane lived with the family for a time. Jessica was at the gathering today, but there was no sign of sister Ashlee.

Garrison was at the Simpsons' place from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., after which he went directly to the nearby Tarzana rehab center.

(Originally published April 29, 2009, at 7:19 p.m. PT)

—Additional reporting by Aly Weisman