False imprisonment is a wrongful total restraint on the liberty of the plaintiff that is directly brought about by the defendant. This action is usually brought for an intentional restriction on freedom of movement of the plaintiff though actions for reckless and negligent force imprisonments are not precluded. The the main issues in identifying the nature of a false imprisonment what is meant by total restraint and what is the total restraint required for Folsom prison that to be brought about by an act or by an act coupled with words or can even be brought about with words only? Finally, there is an issue of whether the act must in conjunction with the intention of the defendant coincide in an action for false imprisonment and like many other torts against the person the issue of knowledge is important. Read more »