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The article concerns problems with the execution of the sequence of two punishments: imprisonment and restriction of liberty, imposed on the basis of Art. 37b of the Penal Code. This paper begins with a review of the literature on terminology or the term: “mixed penalty.” We cannot discuss this problem without considering also concrete examples of aims and functions of the new institution. The author presents considerations regarding modifications of carrying out penalties, e.g. application of conditional release, serving a sentence in electronic supervision in the context of the author’s own research.