Posted on Fri, Jul. 27, 2012

The Broward Public Defender’s Office is demanding that a court scrutinize a Pembroke Pines juvenile center after allegations of children being physically abused at the facility.

After a tense two-hour hearing, a three-judge panel postponed a decision on whether it is the court’s responsibility to investigate operations at Thompson Academy, a 154-bed youth offender and treatment facility, and, if necessary, to remove teenage boys from it.

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