PRISONERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD COMPONENTS OF THE THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS ARE REVIEWED AND ANALYZED WITH DATA COLLECTED FROM PRISONERS IN THEIR FIRST SEVERAL DAYS OF INCARCERATION. THESE DATA ARE ANALYZED WITHIN SUBGROUPS OF THE PRISON POPULATION. IN GENERAL, ATTITUDES TOWARD THE LAW AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM ARE MIXED, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD LAWYERS ARE POSITIVE. HOWEVER, PREPRISON AND PRISON STATUS FACTORS INFLUENCE THE ATTITUDES HELD BY PRISONERS, AND THESE DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF INFLUENCE ARE DISCUSSED.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....BDS