False imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally and illegally restrains another person's ability to move freely. False imprisonment is an act punishable under criminal law as well as under tort law.Under tort law, it is classified as an intentional tort. Let us turn to a more concrete example of just and unjust laws. An unjust law is a code that a majority inflicts on a minority that is not binding on itself. The same fiveyear maximum penalty attends the separate crime of conspiracy to commit any of the four substantive offenses. Lexis 12762 (Fed. Cir.). Both kidnapping and false imprisonment are serious crimes under Florida law, and convicted individuals face decades of jail time, if not jail time for life. The original writers and editors of the Handbook (formerly the NLG Jailhouse Lawyers Manual), Brian. A false imprisonment claim may be made based upon private acts, or upon wrongful governmental detention.