  Confinement is a prominent phenomenon in condensed matter and high-energy
physics that has recently become the focus of quantum-simulation experiments of
lattice gauge theories (LGTs). As such, a theoretical understanding of the
effect of confinement on LGT dynamics is not only of fundamental importance,
but can lend itself to upcoming experiments. Here, we show how confinement in a
$\mathbb{Z}_2$ LGT can be \textit{locally} avoided by proximity to a resonance
between the fermion mass and the electric field strength. Furthermore, we show
that this local deconfinement can become global for certain initial conditions,
where information transport occurs over the entire chain. In addition, we show
how this can lead to strong quantum many-body scarring starting in different
initial states. Our findings provide deeper insights into the nature of
confinement in $\mathbb{Z}_2$ LGTs and can be tested on current and near-term
quantum devices.
