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He battled justice and the legal system won.

Sixty days after being handed a 27-year sentence for attempting to “annihilate” the nation's democratic institutions, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro at last looks jail-bound.

Imminent Jailing

The convicted coup-monger – who had been living under residential detention in his residence while a series of judicial steps and challenges unfold – is broadly anticipated to be jailed in the coming days, amidst mounting rumors that he will be moved to a infamous top-security penitentiary.

Historical Comments on Prisoners

Over Bolsonaro’s four-decade public life, the right-wing former soldier exhibited minimal sympathy for Brazil’s inmates.

“Why should we provide those dirtbags a comfortable existence?” he once mused. “They ought to simply be fucked, end of story. That’s what I reckon.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “Should you not wish to end up behind bars, all you have to do is not rape, abduction or theft.”

Incarceration Destination Discussion

However the possibility of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has appalled backers, four of whom this week visited the complex in an apparent bid to prevent the high court from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a senator from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was part of that quartet, stated he anticipated the septuagenarian figure to be imprisoned in the following week and a half and worried his assigned prison could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s severe digestive problems – the consequence of a life-threatening knife attack during the 2018 presidential presidential campaign – signified it would be hazardous to keep the former president there. “His [health] situation is very grave. He will not be able to manage if they take him to Papuda … It could be dreadful,” he added, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the quality of inmate food.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas recalled observing cells containing forty inmates: “That is almost one square metre per inmate.

“We talked to the inmates and they complain, of course, of the awful cuisine,” remarked the senator.

Supporters React

He is not the only voice expressing views prior to the one-time head of state's predicted incarceration.

Writing in a leading newspaper, a different supporter, the former cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “severe” finale to Bolsonaro’s “impeccable” time in office and asserted Brazil was about to experience “the biggest wrong in its record”.

“It is an injustice that eats away the hearts of millions people in Brazil,” Wajngarten wrote.

Varied General Response

That may be true considering the significant backing Bolsonaro maintains on the conservative side. Yet his predicted imprisonment has also pleased the hearts of many other people who think he ought to be jailed for plotting to block the incoming president from taking power – and additionally plotting to have him assassinated.

Congressman Otoni, a representative for the sitting president's allied group, commented: “Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be sent in a dark cell. No one wants Bolsonaro to be sent in isolation. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We wish him to obtain respectful treatment – but dignified handling in prison. He must not continue being his personal jailer for his whole life.”

He observed how Bolsonaro backers, who have spent years praising the harsh conditions of prisoners, had abruptly woken up to their rights. “Only now has the conservative fringe – which has consistently claimed that human rights were not for criminals – decided to tour a prison to find out what circumstances are really like,” he stated.

“He is a offender,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he deserved “shameful, degrading handling”.

Potential Prison Conditions

Regardless of speculation that Bolsonaro could be sent to Papuda, which currently holds about thousands of detainees, his expected destination seems to be a adjacent penitentiary for police officers and other “special” prisoners known as Papudinha (Little Papuda).

Its cells are much more adequate than those in the primary facility, although nevertheless a far cry from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while residing in the spectacular leader's home, around a short distance away.

According to information, the cell Bolsonaro could anticipate occupy in Papudinha has about 260 square feet – approximately the area of two parking spaces – and contains a 12 square meter bathroom with a shower and a 12 square meter veranda. “The ex-president might be permitted to have a television and also a minibar in his cell as long as they were supplied by his loved ones,” the report stated.

Political Responses

Senator Lucas condemned the speculated proposal to send the former leader to Papuda as “a form of retaliation” on the part of the supreme court judge who presided over Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his fate in the {