We recently began moving away from using the term “Gladue reports”, because the woman after whom they are named never got the benefit of those reports, namely Jamie Gladue.
Gladue reports, unfortunately, come at a point too late. They come at the point of sentencing. In our experience, the information in them can often be misused or misunderstood in ways that don't achieve the effects they're meant to result in, namely alternatives to incarceration. Indigenous women are one of the fastest growing prison populations, and I think that shows that these reports aren't actually having the impact they're meant to have.