A juvenile detention officer repeatedly assaulted a 15-year-old inmate who’s accused of kicking his cell door when his calls for assistance “went unanswered,” Florida authorities said.

An officer with the state Department of Juvenile Justice has been arrested on a child abuse charge after Pinellas deputies said he slapped, punched and pushed a 15-year-old housed at a juvenile facility.

A Department of Juvenile Justice detention officer was arrested for child abuse after allegedly battering a 15-year-old male inmate at the Pinellas Juvenile Detention Center. According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office,

The 26-year-old guard slapped the juvenile after he threw a paint chip at the guard and then pretended to throw something else at him.