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Garrison Rehabbing His Way to Freedom
By Natalie Finn and Ashley Fultz
Published: 04/24/2009

Lane Garrison may be celebrating May Day on the outside.

The former Prison Break actor is going to be released from prison after serving roughly half of his 40-month sentence for a 2006 DUI crash that left one of his teenage passengers dead and injured two others.

"We can confirm that he is going to be released to parole soon, but it is our policy not to disclose the inmate's scheduled release date for security and safety reasons, " Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told E! News Thursday.

But the timeline does not mean Garrison is being released early, Thornton said. Rather, he is going to be let out before his sentence is up.

There's a difference, apparently.

"He was sentenced to three years and four months, but inmates, including Mr. Garrison, can earn credits that reduce the time that they spend in prison," she said. "He received half time—meaning that for every day that he participated in a rehabilitative program, he got a day off his sentence."
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