Do most Americans realize, care, or support the fact that the prison system is being privatized ?

I support the privitization of the prison system because it has proven time and time again to decrease the budget deficit and has become less burdensome on taxpayers. Though a study has not been done, I have heard that prisons that have "jobs" for those who are incarcerated result in less prisonviolence. However, I am in disagreement with the three strike policy, it is in no way a sufficient way to enforce the law. Along with this "war on drugs" it has not only destroyed the lives of victims (those who are subject to this law and bystanders) but has finacially backrupted the country and has destroyed our liberty.