22 Dec 2020
The family of an American college student jailed for reportedly violating coronavirus restrictions in the Cayman Islands is asking the Trump administration for help.
“Skylar Mack, an 18-year-old pre-med student at Mercer University in Georgia, was sentenced to four months in prison after breaking her mandatory quarantine,” CBS News reported Monday.
The young woman flew to Grand Cayman on November 27 and was ordered to quarantine for 14 days. She was also given a smart wristband and a cell phone to track her movements, her attorney, Jonathon Hughes, explained.
Mack reportedly signed a document and agreed not to leave isolation without permission and not to take off her wristband, the CBS article continued:
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By Inside Edition Staff
Updated: 3:02 PM PST, December 22, 2020
Skylar Mack’s grandmother, Jeanne Mack, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump asking for help.
The family of 18-year-old Skylar Mack, who is serving jail time in the Cayman Islands for violating COVID-19 regulations, is appealing to the Trump administration for help, NBC News reported.
Mack’s grandmother, Jeanne Mack, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump asking for help for Mack to be released. Mack, who is a pre-med college student, is currently serving for months in prison in the territory.
“She cries, she wants to come home,” Mack’s grandmother, Jeanne Mack, told “Today” on Monday. “She knows she made a mistake. She owns up to that, but she’s pretty hysterical right now.”
Sentence Is Cut for U.S. Student Who Broke Quarantine
Skylar Mack, 18, was sentenced to four months in prison for violating coronavirus restrictions in the Cayman Islands. After an outcry, her sentence was reduced to two months on Tuesday.
Skylar Mack was sentenced to four months in jail for violating quarantine laws in the Cayman Islands before her sentence was cut in half on Tuesday
Published Dec. 22, 2020Updated Jan. 19, 2021
A panel of judges in the Cayman Islands on Tuesday cut the sentence of an American college student who violated the territory’s coronavirus laws to two months from four months after her lawyers argued that the punishment was too harsh.