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A museum director suspected a volunteer, Mira, of taking a missing donation envelope. The director brought Mira into a small conference room, closed the door, and stood in front of it. A security employee locked the hallway door leading to the lobby. The director told Mira, "You are not leaving until you admit what you did. If you try, security will hold you." Mira repeatedly asked to leave for 40 minutes.
The room had a side door to a dark loading dock. Mira did not know where the dock led. The dock door had a sign reading "Alarm will sound. Staff only." Mira stayed in the room, became frightened, and missed an appointment. The envelope was later found in a locked accounting drawer.
Analyze Mira's false-imprisonment claim. Address the director's arguments that no physical force was used and that Mira could have left through the loading dock.