Rhianna Benson
A woman wearing an ankle monitor whilst awaiting trial has lifted the lid on the harsh realities of the punishment procedure
Taking to Instagram, not only did she discuss her case, but she outlined five everyday things she's been prohibited from doing.
Zoe Rosenberg was arrested in November 2023 and charged with conspiracy to remove chickens from a poultry processing facility in Petaluma, California as part of a controversial animals rights movement.
On her social media accounts, she describes herself as an 'animal rescuer and UC Berkeley student facing years in prison for rescuing criminally abused chickens from a Perdue slaughterhouse'.
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According to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, she visited the facilities several times between April and June of that year, where she removed chickens from company vehicles.
Despite pleading not guilty, in May 2025, Rosenberg will go on trial facing one felony, as well as four misdemeanours - which could result in her serving up to five and a half years behind bars.
Until then, however, she remains under the restrictions of an ankle monitor - a device she claims has been difficult to adapt to since her arrest.
She's opened up on five of the most difficult aspects of wearing such a device in an honest Instagram admission.
"The first thing is, I cannot shower for more than 10 minutes at any one time," Rosenberg began in a self-fronted video, revealing that ankle monitors are not fully waterproof, 'or at least mine isn't'.
She added that, if the device breaks after absorbing too much water, she has to pay for it.
"Number two, I cannot leave the state of California without permission from the court," she continued.
Rosenberg then on to emphasise that she 'literally' has to 'go to court' and get 'explicit permission from a judge in a hearing' to travel.
Like the point above, Rosenberg also has to remain inside the county that she resides in, unless she 'first calls her pre-trial officer' and 'letting her know'.
"[This] is a little bit ridiculous," the activist slammed. "Because she already knows where I am at all times because I'm literally wearing a GPS ankle monitor."
"I cannot enter any property where animals are being raised for meat, dairy or eggs," she continued. "Which is a lot of the land in the United States, actually."
Lastly, Rosenberg went on to reveal that she is 'not allowed to possess' chickens, ducks 'or other foul'.
"That is because they're just that worried about me rescuing more birds from factory farms and slaughterhouses," she added.
"Though, they did make an exception for the animal sanctuary that I run with my mom, which is called 'Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary'.
"But if I was to, say, stumble across an abandoned chicken on the side of the road whilst on a morning walk, I would not be allowed to pick them up - I would not be allowed to help them.
"If I did, I could be thrown in jail."