The article analyses the latest amendment to the Polish Criminal Code regulations concerning the life sentence penalty in Poland. So far, life prisoners have had a possibility of parole after serving 25 years of their sentence (or any longer time specifi ed by the
court). The legislation has recently established a new form of that penalty which is called an absolute life sentence (without the possibility of parole at all). In certain circumstances, specified in new paragraphs of article 77 (§ 3 and 4), the judge may impose that penalty. What is more, according to the amendment, the minimum period before inmates serving a life sentence can be considered for parole was lengthened from 25 to 30 years. The supervision of released life prisoners was also extended to cover the rest of their lives.