Student Who Was Jailed for Breaking Quarantine in Caymans Apologizes Skylar Mack, an American college student, was released last week after spending more than a month behind bars. She said, “I deserved it.” Skylar Mack, the 18-year-old Georgia college student who was sentenced to two months in prison for violating coronavirus restrictions in the Cayman Islands, was released on Friday after a month behind bars.Credit...ABC News Jan. 19, 2021 Skylar Mack, the American college student who was imprisoned in the Cayman Islands last month for violating coronavirus restrictions, said in an interview on Tuesday that she “deserved it.” In a segment that aired on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Ms. Mack, 18, apologized for breaking the rules and said that any anger toward her was justified. She was released on Friday after spending more than a month behind bars.