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(CNN)An 18-year-old college student from Georgia has been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands after breaking the British Caribbean territory’s Covid-19 protocol while visiting her boyfriend for a jet skiing competition, according to her family.
Skylar Mack, a pre-med student at Mercer University, left for the Islands November 27 after testing negative for Covid-19 at home, her grandmother, Jeanne Mack, told CNN.
When Mack landed, she was given another Covid-19 test, which came back negative and she was told to remain in isolation for two weeks. Instead, she decided to attend her boyfriend’s jet ski competition two days later.
“In her mind, as long as she stayed away from everybody, she would be OK to go watch her friend’s race, it was their big national finals race, the last race of the year, big deal,” her grandmother said.
Race attendees, who knew Mack, reported her breach of isolation and officials arrested her.
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Mack was immediately taken to prison, where she is being held in the general population. According to her family, she is allowed to call them daily.
“She cries every time she calls home. She hasn’t been able to eat since they put her in prison,” her grandmother told CNN.
According to the family, the US Embassy in the Cayman Islands told them Mack is being made an example of.
(CNN)An 18-year-old college student from Georgia has been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands after breaking the British Caribbean territory’s Covid-19 protocol while visiting her boyfriend for a jet skiing competition, according to her family.
Skylar Mack, a pre-med student at Mercer University, left for the Islands November 27 after testing negative for Covid-19 at home, her grandmother, Jeanne Mack, told CNN.
When Mack landed, she was given another Covid-19 test, which came back negative and she was told to remain in isolation for two weeks. Instead, she decided to attend her boyfriend’s jet ski competition two days later.
“In her mind, as long as she stayed away from everybody, she would be OK to go watch her friend’s race, it was their big national finals race, the last race of the year, big deal,” her grandmother said.
Race attendees, who knew Mack, reported her breach of isolation and officials arrested her.
[…]
Mack was immediately taken to prison, where she is being held in the general population. According to her family, she is allowed to call them daily.
“She cries every time she calls home. She hasn’t been able to eat since they put her in prison,” her grandmother told CNN.
According to the family, the US Embassy in the Cayman Islands told them Mack is being made an example of.