CLEVELAND, Ohio – Phillip Morovia has earned more than $55,000 this year as a nurse caring for Ohio’s prison population.
More than a third of that income has come from overtime pay while working at the Franklin Medical Center in Columbus – the prison system’s healthcare facility, records show.
For Morovia and hundreds of other state prison employees, overtime has become increasingly common because of the novel coronavirus. Extra pay has jumped 13% over the same period last year, as the large-scale outbreak has forced prison staff to work longer, more taxing shifts.
