A Fullerton man who worked at a youth correctional facility in Ventura County has been arrested and faces felony charges for sexual abuse of an incarcerated teen.

Azzan Sandhu, 28, was arraigned on nine felony counts Wednesday, including seven counts of sexual abuse of a minor, one count of communicating with a minor to commit a sex offense and one count of using a child to create “child sexual abuse material.”

Sandhu is an officer employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations and worked at the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility, a now-shuttered youth prison in Camarillo.

At that facility, he allegedly committed sexual abuse on a 15-year-old girl under his supervision.

According to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Sandhu allegedly “preyed upon and sexually exploited” the girl between December 2022 and February 2023. He also is believed to have used his cell phone to create child sexual abuse material, a term often used to refer to child pornography.

Each of his felony charges comes with a special allegation that he abused his position of power to abuse the teen, who District Attorney Erik Nasarenko described as a “vulnerable female entrusted to his care.”

He was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Ventura County Main Jail in Ventura, jail records show. He’s being held on $1 million bail.

Sandhu’s next court date is set for April 25.

The case is set to be prosecuted by a member of the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office Public Integrity Unit.

The Ventura Youth Correctional Facility was one of 11 youth prisons operated by the now-defunct California Division of Juvenile Justice. In July 2023, all state-run youth prisons ceased operations and incarcerated individuals were transferred back to county supervision.