Table  8.6 :   PERSONS SENTENCED, BY TYPE AND PERIOD, 2008
	Total				House Arrest/Detention
Period of Sentence and Sex	Persons	% Share	Jailed	Banished	Total	Male'	Atolls
Both Sexes	1,002	100	455	227	320	52	268
Less than 1 year	508	50.7	175	134	199	31	168
1 - 2 years	171	17.1	32	50	89	18	71
2 - 3 years	41	4.1	18	18	5	1	4
3 - 4 years	36	3.6	17	15	4	1	3
4 - 5 years	6	0.6	4	2	0	0	0
5 years & Over	240	24.0	209	8	23	1	22
Male	883	100	446	222	215	33	182
Less than 1 year	487	55.2	175	132	180	27	153
1 - 2 years	100	11.3	32	49	19	3	16
2 - 3 years	38	4.3	18	16	4	1	3
3 - 4 years	35	4.0	16	15	4	1	3
4 - 5 years	6	0.7	4	2	0	0	0
5 years & Over	217	24.6	201	8	8	1	7
Female	119	100	9	5	105	19	86
Less than 1 year	21	17.6	0	2	19	4	15
1 - 2 years	71	59.7	0	1	70	15	55
2 - 3 years	3	2.5	0	2	1	0	1
3 - 4 years	1	0.8	1	0	0	0	0
4 - 5 years	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
5 years & Over	23	19.3	8	0	15	0	15
Source: Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Service