JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A father charged with keeping his 9-year-old son locked in a bedroom for the past three years was ordered held on $1 million bond and a second family-court judge has ordered the boy held in protective custody.

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Randall Warren Piercy, 41, was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated child abuse, Jacksonville TV station WJXT reported.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Lt. Annie Smith described the home as a prison that had surveillance cameras in almost every room. According to the arrest report, the father's room had television and computer screens that monitored the boy.

"It appears the Piercy home was a prison. The child has never attended school, has no friends, and had not received medical attention," said Smith.

The police report says the boy's mother was only allowed to see the child when Piercy allowed the visit.

Piercy said he was wrongly accused and that he loves his family.

"This is totally unfair. I'm a very, very, very loving father," Piercy said as police walked him to jail.

After Piercy's first-appearance hearing Thursday morning, the child's mother, Michelle, defended her husband.

"Randy has not abused him. I have not abused him. This is totally been blown out of proportion," she said.

The boy's mother said he has a learning disability and is extremely hyperactive. She said his bedroom door was only locked at night to prevent him from leaving the house, which he has done in the past.

"He does not have a padlock on his door," Michelle Piercy said. "He's got a little, tiny slide lock ... because he would get out of the house in the morning, in the wee hours. As soon as the daylight began, he would go outside without our knowledge."

While the mother is not charged, a judge at an emergency hearing in family court ordered the boy turned over to the state Department of Children and Families and to have no contact with either parent.

Michelle Piercy said the cameras were set up to monitor the boy to make sure he didn't hurt himself. She also said her son is home-schooled and has managed to pass his tests.

Police said the investigation began when they received a tip. An undercover officer posing as a real estate investigator went through the home earlier this month and found the boy in a locked room, sitting on a bed in his underwear. The room smelled of urine and had a camera mounted on a wall, aimed at the child's bed, according to a report.

Family members told police that the boy was usually allowed to use the bathroom once a day because his father was teaching him to control his body.

Piercy told police he kept the child in the room because he "believed it was in the best interest of the child," Smith said.

The child was apparently thrilled to be removed from the home, Smith said.

Piercy has five grown children from a previous marriage, WJXT reported.