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He contested the legal system and the law prevailed.

A couple of months after being handed a 27-year sentence for seeking to “destroy” Brazil’s democracy, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro now looks destined for incarceration.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The found-guilty plotter – who's been subject to residential detention in his estate while a number of court processes and challenges play out – is largely predicted to be jailed in the coming days, during growing rumors that he will be transferred to a well-known maximum security prison.

Previous Comments on Inmates

Over Bolsonaro’s long political career, the far-right former military man exhibited little compassion for Brazil’s jailed individuals.

“For what reason must we provide those scoundrels a good life?” he previously wondered. “They should just get screwed, period. That's my view.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “Should you not wish to finish there, you simply need is to avoid rape, kidnap or rob.”

Jail Destination Discussion

Yet the possibility of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda top-security prison in Brasília has shocked allies, several of whom this week inspected the facility in an seeming bid to dissuade the high court from transferring him there.

Izalci Lucas, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s political party who was among that group, stated he anticipated the 70-year-old figure to be imprisoned in the following week and a half and was concerned his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s acute gut problems – the consequence of a near-fatal assault during the 2018 presidential campaign – meant it would be hazardous to keep the former president there. “His [health] situation is highly critical. He cannot to cope if they move him to Papuda … It would be dreadful,” said the senator, who also worried about overcrowded cells and the condition of jail cuisine.

While visiting Papuda, Lucas remembered seeing cells holding four dozen prisoners: “That’s almost one square meter per detainee.

“We talked to the prisoners and they protest, of course, of the awful meals,” remarked the senator.

Supporters Voice Concerns

He is not the sole person speaking out before the one-time head of state's predicted incarceration.

Penning in a prominent daily, another ally, the ex- cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, bemoaned the “brutal” finale to Bolsonaro’s “impeccable” public service and asserted Brazil was about to see “the greatest political injustice in its past”.

“This is an injustice that gnaws the spirits of countless people in Brazil,” Wajngarten wrote.

Varied Popular Response

It is possibly correct given the substantial support Bolsonaro maintains on the right-wing. Yet his anticipated jailing has also pleased the feelings of numerous others who believe he ought to be incarcerated for planning to stop the incoming president from taking power – and even conspiring to have him murdered.

The lawmaker, a congressman for the current leader's Workers’ party, commented: “Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a dark cell. No one desires Bolsonaro to be placed in segregation. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to lie on concrete. We wish him to obtain respectful handling – but proper care behind bars. He must not carry on being his self-appointed guard for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro backers, who have spent years celebrating the severe conditions of inmates, had unexpectedly woken up to their entitlements. “Recently has the far-right – which has always asserted that basic rights were not for lawbreakers – chosen to inspect a jail to learn what circumstances are really like,” he stated.

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

Potential Jail Environment

In spite of talk that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which presently contains about fourteen thousand inmates, his more likely destination looks to be a close jail for law enforcement and other “special” detainees known as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

The accommodations are much more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although nevertheless a distant from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the impressive leader's home, approximately 20 kilometers away.

Based on sources, the room Bolsonaro could likely inhabit in Papudinha is about 24 sq metres – about the size of a couple of car spots – and contains a 12 sq metre WC with a water facility and a 12 sq metre veranda. “Bolsonaro would be allowed to have a set and also a minibar in his quarters as long as they were provided by his family,” the report suggested.

Partisan Comments

Senator Lucas condemned the rumoured proposal to send the ex-president to Papuda as “a form of payback” on the part of the presiding magistrate who led Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will determine his outcome in the {