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He fought the law and justice prevailed.

Sixty days following getting a 27-year sentence for attempting to “eradicate” the nation's democracy, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro finally looks destined for incarceration.

Anticipated Jailing

The found-guilty coup-monger – who has been under house arrest in his estate while a series of judicial steps and challenges play out – is largely predicted to be jailed in the coming days, during increasing speculation that he will be transferred to a well-known maximum security prison.

Historical Remarks on Convicts

Throughout Bolsonaro’s long political career, the right-wing ex- soldier showed scant sympathy for the country's prison population.

“What’s the need to provide these scoundrels a comfortable existence?” he once mused. “They should just get fucked, period. That's my opinion.”

At another time, Bolsonaro stated: “Unless you desire to finish in prison, all you have to do is not sexual assault, abduction or rob.”

Incarceration Location Speculation

However the prospect of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison top-security prison in Brasília has appalled supporters, four of whom this week visited the facility in an seeming attempt to dissuade the supreme court from banishing him there.

Izalci Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s political party who was one of the visitors, said he expected the septuagenarian leader to be imprisoned in the next 10 days and worried his destination could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s severe digestive problems – the outcome of a near-fatal stabbing during the 2018 presidential political campaign – signified it would be hazardous to keep the ex-leader there. “His condition is very grave. He cannot to cope if they take him to Papuda … It could be terrible,” said the senator, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the condition of prison meals.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas remembered observing cells accommodating 40 detainees: “That is almost one square meter per detainee.

“We conversed to the prisoners and they protest, unsurprisingly, of the awful food,” added the senator.

Supporters Voice Concerns

Lucas is not the only voice voicing opinions prior to the one-time head of state's anticipated detention.

Authoring in a leading newspaper, one more backer, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “harsh” finale to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” public service and alleged Brazil was about to witness “the greatest wrong in its past”.

“This is an unfairness that gnaws the souls of countless of Brazilians,” he stated.

Mixed Public Reaction

It is possibly correct due to the substantial support Bolsonaro maintains on the right-wing. However his expected incarceration has also pleased the hearts of numerous other people who think he should be incarcerated for conspiring to stop his successor from taking power – and additionally conspiring to have him assassinated.

The lawmaker, a politician for the incumbent president's allied group, stated: “Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a dungeon. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be put in segregation. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We desire him to obtain respectful treatment – but respectful handling in prison. He must not continue being his self-appointed guard for his whole life.”

He observed how Bolsonaro backers, who have spent years applauding the severe conditions of convicts, had suddenly realized to their privileges. “Just now has the extreme right – which has repeatedly argued that human rights are not for offenders – opted to visit a prison to discover what situations are actually like,” he said.

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

Potential Incarceration Facilities

Regardless of talk that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which now holds about 14,000 prisoners, his more likely destination looks to be a nearby penitentiary for police officers and other “particular” inmates known as Papudinha (Minor Papuda).

The accommodations are far more adequate than those in the primary facility, although nevertheless a far cry from the opulence Bolsonaro had while occupying the impressive official residence, approximately 12 miles away.

According to information, the room Bolsonaro could expect to reside in in Papudinha is about 24 square meters – approximately the size of a couple of car spots – and contains a 12 square meter bathroom with a bathing area and a 130 square foot veranda. “The ex-president might be authorized to have a set and additionally a small fridge in his cell as long as they were provided by his loved ones,” sources suggested.

Ideological Reactions

Senator Lucas condemned the speculated idea to send the former leader to Papuda as “an act of revenge” on the part of the judicial authority who led Bolsonaro’s legal case and will determine his outcome in the {