chronic joblessness is a direct cause for the growth of the illegal or informal economy. and with that is a culture of gunshowounds. reporter: now clean for nearly 13 years, mays is working for a transit company. but he never did get that electrician s job. once a felon, always a felon. so that s what generally leads a person back to the life of crime, because they feel like once they ve committed a crime, that it s no use now. what i hope can come out of this is that those same individuals that were thinking like that can now have a sense of hope. elam, rter: stephanie cnn, cincinnati. okay. today s mission possible. rufus hannah used to be meless. he was exploited for a series of videos called bum fights that showed homeless people performing dangerous stunts in return for beer and vodka. a businessman befriended him and