Recidivism Hard To Shake For Ex-Offenders Returning Home To Dim Prospects

NEW YORK -- As Rudy Holder walked down East Harlem's main drag, everyone seemed to remember him. One man after another greeted him with a handshake or a quick, one-armed hug. Each exchange brought a nervous look to Holder's face: Friend or foe? Some of the men he recognized. Some he didn't. But they all knew him.

"Trouble," they said, again and again. It was the nickname he'd earned as a teenager.