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He battled the legal system and the law prevailed.

Two months following getting a 27-year sentence for trying to “annihilate” Brazil’s democracy, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally seems jail-bound.

Imminent Imprisonment

The convicted plotter – who had been living under residential detention in his mansion while a number of legal procedures and appeals play out – is largely predicted to be incarcerated in the next few days, during increasing rumors that he will be transferred to a infamous high-security facility.

Historical Remarks on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s 40-year time in politics, the conservative former soldier exhibited scant sympathy for the country's prison population.

“What’s the need to provide these scoundrels a easy time?” he once mused. “They deserve to be screwed, end of story. That's my opinion.”

At another time, Bolsonaro proclaimed: “Should you not wish to end up behind bars, the only thing required is not rape, abduction or rob.”

Prison Facility Speculation

However the idea of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has shocked supporters, several of whom this week inspected the complex in an obvious bid to discourage the high court from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s political party who was part of that quartet, said he predicted the 70-year-old figure to be imprisoned in the following week and a half and worried his destination could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s severe digestive issues – the outcome of a almost deadly knife attack during the 2018 presidential political campaign – meant it would be risky to keep the former president there. “His [health] situation is extremely serious. He will not be able to cope if they send him to Papuda … It will be dreadful,” he added, who also voiced anxiety about overcrowded cells and the standard of jail cuisine.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas noted seeing cells holding four dozen prisoners: “It's practically one meter squared per prisoner.

“We spoke to the inmates and they complain, unsurprisingly, of the horrible food,” continued the senator.

Supporters React

Lucas is not the lone figure expressing views prior to the former president’s anticipated imprisonment.

Authoring in a major publication, a different supporter, the former communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “harsh” end to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the largest wrong in its record”.

“It is an unfairness that gnaws the spirits of countless of Brazilians,” the former minister said.

Varied Popular Reaction

This could be true considering the significant support Bolsonaro retains on the Brazilian right. However his predicted incarceration has also pleased the hearts of numerous others who think he should be jailed for conspiring to prevent the incoming president from assuming office – and additionally plotting to have him killed.

Congressman Otoni, a politician for the current leader's Workers’ party, said: “Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be put in a dark cell. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be placed in solitary confinement. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We desire him to receive respectful treatment – but respectful care behind bars. He cannot carry on being his personal jailer for his whole life.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro supporters, who have for a long time celebrating the tough treatment of inmates, had abruptly realized to their privileges. “Just now has the conservative fringe – which has repeatedly claimed that basic rights should not be for lawbreakers – decided to inspect a penitentiary to learn what circumstances are truly like,” he stated.

“The former president is a offender,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he merited “degrading, degrading handling”.

Possible Incarceration Facilities

Regardless of rumors that Bolsonaro could be sent to Papuda, which presently contains about fourteen thousand detainees, his more likely location looks to be a nearby penitentiary for law enforcement and other “unique” detainees referred to as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

Its cells are considerably more adequate than those in the main prison, although still a far cry from the comfort Bolsonaro enjoyed while living in the spectacular presidential palace, approximately 20 kilometers away.

As per reports, the accommodation Bolsonaro could expect to reside in in Papudinha has about 260 square feet – roughly the size of vehicle spaces – and includes a 12 sq metre bathroom with a water facility and a 130 square foot balcony. “He could be permitted to have a TV and additionally a small fridge in his room as long as they were provided by his loved ones,” information indicated.

Political Comments

Senator Lucas denounced the rumoured plan to send the ex-president to Papuda as “an act of payback” on the part of the presiding magistrate who oversaw Bolsonaro’s legal case and will decide his future in the {