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Words to Understand anxiety: a feeling of worry or nervousness. bail: the money that an arrested person pays to be released from jail while waiting for trial. depression: severe sadness or unhappiness that does not go away easily. incarceration: being confined in prison or jail. traumatic: something that’s very disturbing and causes long-term damage to a person. variable: something that can change. Chapter One UNDERSTANDING INCARCERATION The word family has had many meanings over the years. Even today, it means dif- ferent things to different people. Keeping things as simple as possible, you might define a family as “people who are there for you.” A lot of times those people are related by biology, but they can also be your “family by choice.” Either way, they are the people who stick with you through the good times and the bad times. They are the ones who love you and forgive you, even when you make a mistake.