Lane Garrison wants the world to know that he’s learning from his prison sentence for the 2006 vehicular manslaughter incident that killed a 17-year-old passenger and injured another teenager. Lane Garrison, who ironically starred on the series “Prison Break,” is serving 40 months in a California state prison.

The following is a letter that Lane Garrison, 27, wrote to Access Hollywood:

“Greetings and Happy New Year to you and everyone at Access Hollywood from Donovan State Prison [in California]. Never did I think I would be saying the words ‘happy & prison’ in the same sentence and not be on a set. It’s pure irony coming from the show and now living the real deal. It’s surreal and mind-blowing to say the least.

This has been the hardest year of my life. I hope people, young and old, are learning from my mistakes and what can happen when you drink and drive. I have much to say about the pain I’ve felt and seen inside of prison. It has been eye-opening and a harrowing experience.”