A person is detained against his will if he is deprived of his liberty; that is, compelled to remain where he does not wish to remain, or compelled. False imprisonment occurs when someone intentionally restrains someone else's ability to freely move about without the legal authority to do so.False imprisonment is a tort, which means it's a wrong committed against your person that you can address through a lawsuit. False imprisonment occurs when a person intentionally and illegally restrains another person's ability to move freely. In North Carolina, the common law crime of false imprisonment is the unlawful restraint of another person. False imprisonment is an intentional tort and that means you can sue for compensation. In North Carolina, false imprisonment is the illegal restraint of a person against his or her will. However, it is false imprisonment if the police had no authority to make the arrest in the first place. Civil cases can result in an award of money or in a court order to enforce or protect the rights of a party. "False imprisonment is the illegal restraint of one's person against his will.