By Ben Kochman | New York Post
Bob Menendez is about to spend his “golden” years behind bars.
The disgraced New Jersey Democrat surrendered at a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Tuesday to begin his 11-year sentence for a corrupt scheme that earned him the moniker “Gold Bar Bob.”
Menendez, 71, arrived at FCI Schuykill — a two-and-a-half-hour drive from his Englewood Cliffs home — at around 9 a.m., following his conviction for selling his powerful Senate post to enrich himself with gold bars, cash, and other bribes.
The once-powerful pol was sentenced in January, but was allowed to push off his prison term’s start date after he argued he needed to support his wife, Nadine Menendez, during her trial on similar bribery and corruption charges.
He’s also made a bid to score a last-minute pardon or sentence commutation from President Trump — but unless that happens Tuesday, Menendez will be calling the Keystone State prison home.
It’s likely the former head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will angle for a spot at the lockup’s minimum-security camp, which allows its 225 male inmates more freedom of movement and has less staff.
FCI Schuykill also houses another 984 male inmates at a larger, medium-security facility.
Once inside, Menendez will be able to buy items like $8.55 Head & Shoulders shampoo, $13 Sensodyne toothpaste and $4.20 Jolly Ranchers candies from the commissary.
He’ll be able to have four visits per month and can send and receive letters and postcards, according to the prison’s website.
The crooked pol will become the lockup’s most famous inmate, though other notable residents include Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa, a former gas station tycoon dubbed the “Gas Station Gotti” by The Post after he was convicted of ordering murders in a bid to keep secret a plot to rip off customers by tampering with pumps.
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