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He fought justice and justice triumphed.

Two months following receiving a twenty-seven-year sentence for seeking to “eradicate” the nation's political system, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally looks destined for incarceration.

Anticipated Incarceration

The adjudicated coup-monger – who had been living under home confinement in his estate while a series of court processes and challenges proceed – is largely predicted to be incarcerated in the coming days, amid increasing talk that he will be sent to a notorious high-security prison.

Previous Remarks on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s long public life, the conservative former soldier showed scant compassion for Brazil’s prison population.

“For what reason must we provide these scoundrels a good life?” he once pondered. “They deserve to be messed, period. That’s what I reckon.”

On another occasion, Bolsonaro proclaimed: “Should you not wish to finish behind bars, you simply need is to avoid sexual assault, kidnap or rob.”

Jail Destination Discussion

However the possibility of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has shocked allies, several of whom this week visited the facility in an seeming attempt to prevent the judiciary from sending him there.

The senator, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was among that group, claimed he expected the elderly figure to be jailed in the following week and a half and was concerned his destination could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s severe intestinal ailments – the result of a near-fatal knife attack during the 2018 presidential election race – meant it would be dangerous to keep the one-time head of state there. “His [health] situation is very grave. He cannot to handle it if they move him to Papuda … It will be terrible,” said the senator, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the quality of inmate food.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas noted seeing cells holding four dozen detainees: “It's virtually one square meter per inmate.

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

Allies React

Lucas is not the only voice voicing opinions prior to the former president’s predicted detention.

Authoring in a prominent publication, a different supporter, the ex- communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “brutal” end to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the largest unfairness in its history”.

“It is an wrong that erodes the souls of many of Brazilians,” Wajngarten wrote.

Mixed Popular Response

That may be true considering the significant support Bolsonaro retains on the right-wing. But his expected incarceration has also warmed the hearts of numerous individuals who feel he ought to be incarcerated for plotting to stop the elected leader from assuming office – and additionally scheming to have him murdered.

The lawmaker, a representative for the incumbent administration's allied group, commented: “Nobody desires Bolsonaro to be put in a dark cell. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be sent in solitary confinement. No one wants Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to lie on concrete. We wish him to receive dignified handling – but proper handling in prison. He cannot persist being his personal jailer for his entire life.”

He observed how Bolsonaro supporters, who have long celebrating the tough handling of prisoners, had suddenly become aware to their entitlements. “Only now has the extreme right – which has repeatedly claimed that civil liberties were not for lawbreakers – opted to visit a jail to discover what situations are really like,” he said.

“The former president is a offender,” Otoni insisted, but that did not mean he deserved “humiliating, demeaning treatment”.

Possible Jail Conditions

Regardless of speculation that Bolsonaro could be sent to Papuda, which presently houses about thousands of inmates, his probable assigned facility appears to be a nearby prison for police officers and other “particular” detainees called Papudinha (Little Papuda).

His potential cell are much more comfortable than those in the primary facility, although still a far cry from the opulence Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the impressive leader's home, approximately a short distance away.

As per information, the room Bolsonaro could expect to inhabit in Papudinha has about 24 sq metres – roughly the dimensions of vehicle spaces – and includes a 130 square foot restroom with a shower and a 12 square meter terrace. “Bolsonaro would be authorized to have a set and even a minibar in his cell as long as they were provided by his relatives,” sources indicated.

Partisan Responses

He criticized the speculated proposal to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “a form of retaliation” on the part of the judicial authority who presided over Bolsonaro’s legal case and will rule on his fate in the {