Sounds like class stratification to me.

Aren't there already a number of for-profit prisons in the US?

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by notarobot.

So you are implying that centralized government control of the school system has not worked. And that this intentionally broken system helps feed the prison system. Furthermore you are saying that by privatizing it evil corporation get richer.

If the "state" would do a good job of education we would not be in this mess.
If the "state" would do a good job there would not be a reason to privatize.

The "state" has failed.

I thought this video did a terrible job of making a more direct link between the school system and prison. All this really delivered on was more facts regarding racial inequality.
Between the school failure rate and the for-profit prison systems, I could see a conflict of interest between the two being exploited, and there is so much evidence to support that I think it would be trivial to build a case in a short video like this.
Instead they just reiterate "Racism bad, minorities getting screwed", which, while being a message I completely agree, sympathize with, and speak out about, it has almost nothing to do with the way this video is described and presented.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/538/is-this-working?act=1#play
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The school-prison-industrial complex. The state is more efficient than given credit for.

No Bob, you have failed.
You and all the other citizens of the US. You allowed your government to became a corrupt, for-sale pseudo democracy. Why? Because you voted for the wrong fucking people or didn't vote at all.
Maybe I'm wrong but my instincts tell me you vote republican. That's even worse. While you got your panties in a knot over the two gays down the street trying to marry, your party leaders sell the future of your country to the highest bidder. They're throwing one ridiculous diversion after another at you (Obama ain't american, Benghazi!, The gays!1!1), which you gobble up like the good boy you're supposed to be, while they redefine free speech as money donations and bribery as lobbying. Corporations ain't people, my friend. But who cares? As long as we build a big ass fence on our border.
The problem is you. You have a vote, a voice and you could use it to put the right people in power. What have you done with it?

Dunno why this got downvoted because it's bang on the mark. A government only has power as long as it's allowed to govern. Does anyone think a government would continue to function if 100 million American's just up and decided they weren't going to pay taxes any more until shit got sorted out? Or actively rise up?

It's waaay to easy to shift the blame because people are apathetic and lazy. It's the government, thanks Obama, get on a forum somewhere and rant their ass off and what changes? Not a damn thing. And when the voters aren't willing to take the responsibility for watching over their democracy, is the government going to volunteer when they are already balls deep up the ass?

BK33, I believe that you believe the shit you are peddling, which is far more tragic than if you were just a troll. Both parties are too blame for taking advantage of citizen apathy, but citizens are to blame for letting things get that way in the first place.

American's are always big on their rights. Well, with rights comes responsibility. BK33, you don't want to take any responsibility, you'll end up with no rights, simple as that.