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He battled justice and the law won.

A couple of months following being handed a twenty-seven-year sentence for attempting to “annihilate” the nation's democracy, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro at last looks headed to prison.

Imminent Incarceration

The adjudicated plotter – who has been living under residential detention in his estate while a set of court processes and appeals proceed – is largely predicted to be incarcerated in the near future, amid growing speculation that he will be transferred to a infamous top-security facility.

Historical Remarks on Convicts

Throughout Bolsonaro’s four-decade political career, the right-wing ex- paratrooper exhibited scant sympathy for Brazil’s jailed individuals.

“For what reason must we offer these lowlifes a comfortable existence?” he once mused. “They should just get screwed, end of story. That's my view.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to wind up there, the only thing required is not sexual assault, kidnap or theft.”

Jail Facility Discussion

However the idea of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda top-security prison in Brasília has shocked allies, four of whom this week inspected the facility in an seeming effort to discourage the supreme court from sending him there.

Izalci Lucas, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was one of the visitors, said he expected the elderly politician to be imprisoned in the coming fortnight and worried his location could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s serious intestinal ailments – the outcome of a almost deadly assault during the last political campaign – signified it would be risky to keep the one-time head of state there. “His health is very grave. He cannot to cope if they move him to Papuda … It would be dreadful,” he added, who also worried about cramped cells and the quality of inmate food.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas recalled witnessing cells containing 40 inmates: “It's almost one square meter per prisoner.

“We spoke to the inmates and they grumble, of course, of the horrible cuisine,” added the senator.

Backers Speak Out

Lucas is not the only voice speaking out prior to the ex-leader's predicted incarceration.

Writing in a major publication, a different supporter, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “brutal” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” public service and asserted Brazil was about to witness “the largest unfairness in its past”.

“It is an wrong that erodes the spirits of millions people in Brazil,” he stated.

Mixed Popular Response

That may be true due to the significant backing Bolsonaro retains on the Brazilian right. However his anticipated jailing has also pleased the feelings of numerous individuals who feel he should be incarcerated for planning to block the elected leader from assuming office – and also conspiring to have him assassinated.

Reimont Otoni, a representative for the sitting leader's Workers’ party, said: “Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to be placed in a hole. No one wishes Bolsonaro to be placed in isolation. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We wish him to receive proper care – but dignified treatment behind bars. He can’t continue being his personal jailer for his entire life.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro backers, who have long praising the tough conditions of convicts, had unexpectedly woken up to their privileges. “Just now has the extreme right – which has consistently argued that basic rights should not be for criminals – opted to visit a jail to learn what situations are truly like,” he remarked.

“Bolsonaro is a lawbreaker,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he earned “humiliating, demeaning conduct”.

Possible Incarceration Environment

Regardless of speculation that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which currently contains about 14,000 prisoners, his more likely destination appears to be a adjacent jail for police officers and other “special” detainees referred to as Papudinha (Little Papuda).

Its cells are considerably more comfortable than those in the main prison, although still a far cry from the opulence Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the impressive presidential palace, approximately 20 kilometers away.

According to information, the room Bolsonaro could anticipate reside in in Papudinha has about 24 sq metres – approximately the area of vehicle spaces – and features a 12 square meter bathroom with a bathing area and a 130 square foot veranda. “He could be authorized to have a set and also a cooler in his room as long as they were supplied by his relatives,” the report stated.

Ideological Comments

The lawmaker criticized the rumoured proposal to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “a type of payback” on the part of the presiding magistrate who oversaw Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will decide his outcome in the {