BOB TANZOLA- VOLUNTEER AT TRENTON STATE PRISON
BOB STARTED BY TELLING A YOGI BERRA STORY. WHEN BOB WAS UNDERGOING SURGERY AS A KID, HIS FATHER'S GOLFING FRIEND KNEW YOGI AND MENTIONED THAT HIS FRIEND'S SON WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. YOGI SENT A NEW CATCHER'S MIT TO BOB WHO USED THE MIT FOR 4 YEARS AS CATCHER ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM.BOB HAS BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT TRENTON STATE PRISON FOR 3+ YEARS IN SUPPORT OF SISTER ELIZABETH WHO IS THE CATHOLIC PRISON CHAPLAIN. TRENTON STATE IS THE MAXIMUM PRISON FACILITY FOR THE STATE OF NJ WITH 2000 INMATES. EVERY TUESDAY BOB GOES TO TRENTON STATE TO TALK AND PRAY IF WANTED WITH PRISONERS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT HOUSED IN THE "HOLE." HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TREATED WELL BY THE PRISONERS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE RETURN RATE FOR RELEASED PRISONERS IS 60%. `