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He fought the legal system and the law won.

Sixty days subsequent to being handed a quarter-century plus sentence for attempting to “eradicate” the nation's political system, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro now looks destined for incarceration.

Expected Incarceration

The convicted instigator – who has been living under home confinement in his mansion while a number of judicial steps and petitions unfold – is widely expected to be jailed in the coming days, during mounting talk that he will be transferred to a infamous high-security prison.

Historical Statements on Inmates

During Bolsonaro’s long political career, the conservative ex- soldier showed scant sympathy for Brazil’s inmates.

“For what reason must we give those scoundrels a good life?” he previously wondered. “They deserve to be fucked, period. That's my opinion.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “Should you not wish to wind up in prison, the only thing required is to avoid sexual assault, abduction or theft.”

Jail Location Discussion

However the prospect of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda top-security prison in Brasília has horrified backers, several of whom this week visited the prison in an seeming attempt to prevent the supreme court from transferring him there.

The senator, a politician from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was one of the visitors, stated he anticipated the elderly leader to be imprisoned in the following week and a half and was concerned his location could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s severe digestive problems – the consequence of a almost deadly stabbing during the 2018 presidential political campaign – signified it would be dangerous to keep the former president there. “His health is extremely serious. He cannot to cope if they move him to Papuda … It would be awful,” said the senator, who also expressed concern about overcrowded cells and the quality of jail cuisine.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas noted seeing cells accommodating four dozen prisoners: “It's almost one square meter per prisoner.

“We spoke to the convicts and they complain, unsurprisingly, of the terrible meals,” remarked the senator.

Supporters Speak Out

The senator isn't the only voice speaking out prior to the former president’s predicted imprisonment.

Authoring in a leading publication, one more backer, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, bemoaned the “brutal” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” public service and claimed Brazil was about to witness “the biggest unfairness in its history”.

“It is an unfairness that gnaws the souls of millions Brazilian citizens,” he stated.

Divided Popular Reaction

That may be correct considering the considerable backing Bolsonaro holds on the conservative side. Yet his predicted imprisonment has also pleased the feelings of millions individuals who feel he ought to be incarcerated for planning to stop his successor from taking power – and additionally plotting to have him assassinated.

The lawmaker, a politician for the sitting leader's allied group, said: “No one wishes Bolsonaro to be sent in a dark cell. No one wishes Bolsonaro to be sent in solitary confinement. Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We desire him to receive proper treatment – but proper treatment behind bars. He cannot persist being his personal jailer for his lifetime.”

He observed how Bolsonaro allies, who have for a long time praising the severe handling of convicts, had suddenly realized to their rights. “Just now has the extreme right – which has always argued that civil liberties are not for criminals – chosen to tour a jail to learn what conditions are truly like,” he said.

“The former president is a criminal,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he earned “shameful, demeaning treatment”.

Possible Incarceration Environment

Regardless of speculation that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which now contains about fourteen thousand detainees, his probable destination looks to be a nearby penitentiary for law enforcement and other “special” inmates called Papudinha (Little Papuda).

Its cells are much more comfortable than those in the larger jail, although nonetheless a distant from the comfort Bolsonaro had while residing in the spectacular presidential palace, around a short distance away.

Based on reports, the room Bolsonaro could likely reside in in Papudinha has about 24 square meters – roughly the area of two parking spaces – and features a 12 square meter restroom with a bathing area and a 12 square meter terrace. “He could be authorized to have a set and even a cooler in his cell as long as they were supplied by his family,” sources stated.

Political Comments

Senator Lucas condemned the speculated idea to send the former leader to Papuda as “an act of retaliation” on the part of the presiding magistrate who oversaw Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will rule on his fate in the {