Policing Bias in Puerto Rico

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QSIDE provided and analyzed statistical and demographic data that support arguments about the impact of race and poverty in a brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court as amicus curiae by the Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Its ability to assemble a team of experts capable of reliably distilling a vast quantity of data was critical to our effort. 

– Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PRACDL)

QSIDE partnered with the Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PRACDL) in 2021 to clean and analyze raw data on Policing in Puerto Rico. The statistical data analysis portion of this criminal justice project that QSIDE worked on was part of the amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).