Gladue Report Standards and Requirements:
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The goal of a Gladue Report is to help the judge make an appropriate sentence or bail hearing decision by thinking about the fact you are an Indigenous person with unique background factors.
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A Gladue Report (with a practical plan), can increase public safety, reduce victimization, reduce re-offending and reduce the rates of Indigenous people in jails, as appropriate.
According to conventions identified by case law and best practices, Gladue Reports must be:
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Neutral;
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Unbiased;
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Objective;
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Accurate;
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Fully researched;
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Corroborated;
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An individual's story;
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Not used as an advocacy tool;
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Identify individual, family and Nation's strengths;
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Demonstrate the systemic & background factors relevant to the individual;
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Contextualize risk through the lense of colonization;
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Able to identify impacts of colonization to the individual, family, Nation;
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Able to identify the healing and restorative justice principles through the lense of the individual's Indigenous worldview, where possible;
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Demonstrate community based options and all available sanctions other than incarceration, as appropriate;
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Contain a practical healing & restorative justice plan.