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He battled justice and justice prevailed.

Sixty days following being handed a twenty-seven-year sentence for attempting to “eradicate” Brazil’s democracy, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally seems destined for incarceration.

Expected Incarceration

The adjudicated plotter – who has been subject to residential detention in his residence while a number of judicial steps and petitions proceed – is widely expected to be imprisoned in the coming days, amidst growing rumors that he will be transferred to a infamous top-security penitentiary.

Past Statements on Convicts

Throughout Bolsonaro’s 40-year political career, the far-right ex- paratrooper displayed scant sympathy for the country's prison population.

“What’s the need to provide those dirtbags a easy time?” he once pondered. “They should just get fucked, period. That's my view.”

At another time, Bolsonaro stated: “If you don’t want to end up behind bars, the only thing required is not rape, kidnap or rob.”

Prison Facility Speculation

However the prospect of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has shocked supporters, a group of four this week inspected the prison in an seeming attempt to dissuade the judiciary from transferring him there.

Senator 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 was concerned his location could be Papuda.

He asserted Bolsonaro’s serious gut problems – the consequence of a near-fatal assault during the last political campaign – implied it would be risky to keep the ex-leader there. “His health is highly critical. He will not be able to manage if they move him to Papuda … It would be terrible,” said the senator, who also worried about overcrowded cells and the quality of jail cuisine.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas recalled witnessing cells accommodating forty detainees: “It's virtually one square metre per prisoner.

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

Allies Speak Out

Lucas is not the only voice voicing opinions before the ex-leader's predicted incarceration.

Penning in a major daily, another ally, the ex- communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “harsh” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and alleged Brazil was about to experience “the biggest wrong in its past”.

“It is an injustice that eats away the hearts of many of Brazilians,” the former minister said.

Varied Popular Reaction

This could be true due to the substantial backing Bolsonaro retains on the right-wing. However his expected jailing has also warmed the hearts of numerous others who think he ought to be jailed for conspiring to block the incoming president from becoming president – and also scheming to have him murdered.

Reimont Otoni, a congressman for the sitting president's political party, commented: “Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be placed in a hole. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be sent in segregation. Nobody desires Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We want him to obtain proper handling – but respectful handling behind bars. He must not carry on being his own prison warden for his entire life.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro allies, who have long celebrating the tough treatment of prisoners, had abruptly realized to their privileges. “Recently has the conservative fringe – which has repeatedly asserted that human rights should not be for offenders – chosen to inspect a jail to discover what situations are really like,” he remarked.

“The former president is a criminal,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he deserved “humiliating, demeaning handling”.

Potential Prison Facilities

Despite talk that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which currently contains about 14,000 detainees, his probable assigned facility looks to be a nearby penitentiary for police officers and other “unique” detainees referred to as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

Its cells are much more adequate than those in the main prison, although nevertheless a far cry from the comfort Bolsonaro had while residing in the impressive leader's home, about 12 miles away.

Based on sources, the room Bolsonaro could expect to inhabit in Papudinha measures about 260 square feet – approximately the size of vehicle spaces – and includes a 12 sq metre restroom with a water facility and a 12 square meter terrace. “The ex-president might be allowed to have a television and also a cooler in his room as long as they were supplied by his relatives,” information suggested.

Political Responses

The lawmaker condemned the talked-about plan to send the former leader to Papuda as “an act of revenge” on the part of the judicial authority who oversaw Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will determine his outcome in the {