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He fought the legal system and the legal system triumphed.

Two months following receiving a 27-year sentence for seeking to “annihilate” the nation's democracy, one-time leader Jair Bolsonaro finally seems destined for incarceration.

Imminent Incarceration

The found-guilty instigator – who had been subject to home confinement in his residence while a number of judicial steps and challenges play out – is widely expected to be imprisoned in the next few days, during growing rumors that he will be sent to a notorious high-security penitentiary.

Previous Comments on Prisoners

Throughout Bolsonaro’s 40-year public life, the far-right former military man exhibited little mercy for the country's inmates.

“For what reason must we offer these lowlifes a easy time?” he previously wondered. “They deserve to be fucked, period. That's my view.”

At another time, Bolsonaro stated: “Unless you desire to finish there, you simply need is not rape, kidnap or theft.”

Incarceration Location Discussion

However the possibility of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda maximum security prison in Brasília has horrified backers, a group of four this week toured the facility in an apparent bid to discourage the high court from banishing him there.

Senator Lucas, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was among that group, said he anticipated the 70-year-old politician to be jailed in the following week and a half and was concerned his assigned prison could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s serious intestinal problems – the consequence of a near-fatal assault during the last presidential campaign – implied it would be risky to keep the ex-leader there. “His [health] situation is highly critical. He cannot to manage if they send him to Papuda … It would be terrible,” he added, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the condition of jail cuisine.

While visiting Papuda, Lucas noted witnessing cells holding 40 prisoners: “That’s almost one square metre per prisoner.

“We spoke to the convicts and they protest, of course, of the awful cuisine,” added the senator.

Allies Voice Concerns

He is not the sole person speaking out prior to the former president’s expected incarceration.

Writing in a major newspaper, another ally, the ex- cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “brutal” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “impeccable” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the greatest political injustice in its record”.

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

Varied Public Reaction

It is possibly accurate given the considerable support Bolsonaro holds on the Brazilian right. However his predicted jailing has also gladdened the hearts of millions others who think he should be incarcerated for planning to block the incoming president from taking power – and additionally conspiring to have him assassinated.

Reimont Otoni, a representative for the incumbent administration's political party, commented: “Nobody desires Bolsonaro to be put in a hole. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be put in solitary confinement. Not a soul wishes Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We wish him to obtain dignified care – but proper care while incarcerated. He can’t continue being his personal jailer for his lifetime.”

He observed how Bolsonaro supporters, who have long applauding the harsh handling of prisoners, had unexpectedly woken up to their rights. “Only now has the conservative fringe – which has consistently argued that basic rights were not for lawbreakers – chosen to inspect a penitentiary to find out what conditions are truly like,” he remarked.

“The former president is a lawbreaker,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he earned “humiliating, degrading treatment”.

Potential Prison Facilities

Regardless of rumors that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which now holds about fourteen thousand inmates, his more likely assigned facility appears to be a nearby penitentiary for police officers and other “particular” inmates called Papudinha (Small Papuda).

His potential cell are far more adequate than those in the primary facility, although nonetheless a world away from the opulence Bolsonaro had while occupying the impressive presidential palace, about 12 miles away.

As per reports, the room Bolsonaro could expect to reside in in Papudinha is about 24 sq metres – about the area of two parking spaces – and contains a 12 sq metre WC with a shower and a 12 square meter veranda. “Bolsonaro would be permitted to have a television and also a cooler in his room as long as they were provided by his relatives,” sources suggested.

Political Reactions

Senator Lucas criticized the talked-about plan to send the ex-president to Papuda as “a type of retaliation” on the part of the supreme court judge who presided over Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his fate in the {