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He battled the legal system and the law won.

Two months subsequent to receiving a 27-year sentence for seeking to “destroy” the nation's democratic institutions, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally seems destined for incarceration.

Anticipated Jailing

The adjudicated coup-monger – who has been under residential detention in his residence while a set of court processes and petitions unfold – is widely expected to be incarcerated in the next few days, amidst mounting talk that he will be moved to a notorious high-security facility.

Historical Remarks on Convicts

Throughout Bolsonaro’s long political career, the right-wing ex- paratrooper showed minimal sympathy for the country's inmates.

“What’s the need to give these scoundrels a comfortable existence?” he once mused. “They ought to simply be messed, period. That's my view.”

At another time, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to end up in prison, the only thing required is not rape, abduction or theft.”

Prison Facility Speculation

However the possibility of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has appalled backers, several of whom this week inspected the prison in an seeming bid to discourage the judiciary from banishing him there.

Senator Lucas, a senator from Bolsonaro’s political party who was among that group, claimed he expected the septuagenarian leader to be imprisoned in the coming fortnight and worried his assigned prison could be Papuda.

He asserted Bolsonaro’s severe intestinal problems – the consequence of a near-fatal knife attack during the 2018 political campaign – meant it would be hazardous to keep the former president there. “His condition is extremely serious. He will not be able to manage if they move him to Papuda … It would be terrible,” he commented, who also worried about overcrowded cells and the quality of inmate food.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas noted witnessing cells containing 40 inmates: “It's virtually one square meter per prisoner.

“We talked to the inmates and they protest, naturally, of the terrible food,” added the senator.

Allies Voice Concerns

Lucas is not the sole person voicing opinions before the former president’s anticipated detention.

Authoring in a major publication, another ally, the ex- government official Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “brutal” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the greatest unfairness in its history”.

“It represents an unfairness that erodes the souls of countless Brazilian citizens,” Wajngarten wrote.

Varied Popular Reaction

It is possibly true due to the considerable support Bolsonaro retains on the Brazilian right. But his expected jailing has also gladdened the hearts of numerous others who believe he deserves to be jailed for conspiring to stop the incoming president from becoming president – and also plotting to have him murdered.

Congressman Otoni, a congressman for the incumbent administration's political party, said: “No one desires Bolsonaro to be sent in a hole. No one wants Bolsonaro to be put in segregation. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We want him to receive proper care – but respectful care while incarcerated. He cannot persist being his self-appointed guard for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro backers, who have long celebrating the tough treatment of convicts, had abruptly woken up to their privileges. “Recently has the conservative fringe – which has repeatedly argued that civil liberties are not for offenders – chosen to visit a prison to find out what circumstances are actually like,” he stated.

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

Potential Jail Conditions

Despite rumors that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which presently holds about fourteen thousand inmates, his probable assigned facility seems to be a adjacent jail for officers and other “particular” detainees referred to as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

Its cells are far more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although still a far cry from the comfort Bolsonaro had while residing in the stunning leader's home, around a short distance away.

As per information, the cell Bolsonaro could expect to inhabit in Papudinha is about 24 square meters – about the dimensions of two parking spaces – and features a 12 square meter restroom with a shower and a 130 square foot terrace. “Bolsonaro would be authorized to have a television and even a cooler in his room as long as they were supplied by his relatives,” the report indicated.

Partisan Reactions

The lawmaker criticized the rumoured plan to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “an act of payback” on the part of the judicial authority who presided over Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will determine his future in the {