';Arvilla Marie Lilly Meinhardt of Golden Valley, Minnesota runs a day-care center out of her home. Problem: She pins kids to mattresses as discipline control.
Yes, you read that right. The 70-year-old Meinhardt told authorities she had been using this bizarre discipline method ';for about eight years on 2- and 3-year-olds who attended her in-home day care,'; according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The charges against her are ';gross misdemeanor malicious punishment of a child and false imprisonment';What does ';false imprisonment'; mean in this paragraph?
False imprisonment is a legal term. It means to keep someone captive against their will and without proper authority.
For example, police can legally detain people, but civilians rarely can. It would have to be a situation like a citizen's arrest or being deputized by a sheriff or a marshal. Legal guardians (parents) can sometimes forcibly detain their minor children, but even that is a gray area.
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