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He fought the legal system and the law won.

Sixty days subsequent to getting a twenty-seven-year sentence for attempting to “annihilate” the nation's democracy, one-time leader Jair Bolsonaro now looks headed to prison.

Expected Jailing

The adjudicated plotter – who has been living under home confinement in his mansion while a number of legal procedures and petitions play out – is broadly anticipated to be imprisoned in the near future, during mounting talk that he will be sent to a notorious high-security prison.

Historical Statements on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s four-decade public life, the far-right ex- paratrooper exhibited minimal mercy for Brazil’s inmates.

“Why should we provide those lowlifes a easy time?” he once mused. “They should just get fucked, full-fucking-stop. That's my opinion.”

At another time, Bolsonaro stated: “Should you not wish to wind up there, the only thing required is not sexual assault, abduction or theft.”

Incarceration Location Discussion

However the idea of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda high-security prison in Brasília has horrified allies, four of whom this week inspected the complex in an apparent bid to dissuade the high court from transferring him there.

Izalci Lucas, a senator from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was part of that quartet, said he predicted the 70-year-old figure to be incarcerated in the coming fortnight and worried his destination could be Papuda.

He asserted Bolsonaro’s acute gut issues – the consequence of a almost deadly knife attack during the last presidential campaign – implied it would be hazardous to keep the ex-leader there. “His [health] situation is extremely serious. He cannot to cope if they take him to Papuda … It could be awful,” he added, who also expressed concern about overcrowded cells and the quality of inmate food.

While visiting Papuda, Lucas noted seeing cells containing four dozen prisoners: “It's almost one square metre per inmate.

“We talked to the inmates and they grumble, naturally, of the horrible meals,” continued the senator.

Supporters Speak Out

The senator isn't the only voice voicing opinions before the former president’s predicted incarceration.

Authoring in a leading publication, one more backer, the ex- communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “brutal” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the biggest political injustice in its history”.

“This is an injustice that eats away the spirits of millions Brazilian citizens,” Wajngarten wrote.

Varied General Reaction

It is possibly true given the significant backing Bolsonaro maintains on the right-wing. Yet his anticipated jailing has also pleased the feelings of millions individuals who feel he should be imprisoned for planning to prevent the incoming president from taking power – and also plotting to have him killed.

The lawmaker, a representative for the sitting administration's allied group, stated: “No one wants Bolsonaro to be sent in a dungeon. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be placed in segregation. Not a soul wishes Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We want him to obtain dignified treatment – but respectful treatment behind bars. He can’t continue being his personal jailer for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro supporters, who have long praising the severe treatment of inmates, had abruptly become aware to their entitlements. “Just now has the far-right – which has consistently argued that civil liberties should not be for lawbreakers – chosen to visit a penitentiary to find out what conditions are really like,” he remarked.

“Bolsonaro is a offender,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he deserved “shameful, degrading treatment”.

Potential Incarceration Facilities

Regardless of talk that Bolsonaro could be sent to Papuda, which currently houses about fourteen thousand prisoners, his expected assigned facility looks to be a adjacent prison for law enforcement and other “special” prisoners known as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

Its cells are much more pleasant than those in the main prison, although still a world away from the opulence Bolsonaro enjoyed while residing in the spectacular official residence, about 20 kilometers away.

According to information, the accommodation Bolsonaro could expect to inhabit in Papudinha has about 260 square feet – about the size of a couple of car spots – and includes a 12 sq metre restroom with a shower and a 12 square meter balcony. “The ex-president might be allowed to have a TV and additionally a cooler in his quarters as long as they were donated by his relatives,” information suggested.

Political Responses

The lawmaker condemned the speculated proposal to send the ex-president to Papuda as “a form of payback” on the part of the judicial authority who presided over Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his future in the {