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He battled justice and the law prevailed.

Two months after being handed a quarter-century plus sentence for trying to “eradicate” Brazil’s democratic institutions, former president Jair Bolsonaro at last seems headed to prison.

Imminent Incarceration

The found-guilty plotter – who had been under house arrest in his mansion while a number of court processes and challenges unfold – is broadly anticipated to be incarcerated in the near future, amid increasing speculation that he will be transferred to a well-known maximum security facility.

Past Remarks on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s 40-year time in politics, the far-right former soldier exhibited little mercy for Brazil’s prison population.

“For what reason must we offer those dirtbags a easy time?” he once mused. “They ought to simply be fucked, full-fucking-stop. That's my view.”

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

Prison Location Discussion

Yet the possibility of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda prison top-security prison in Brasília has appalled supporters, four of whom this week inspected the prison in an apparent effort to discourage the supreme court from banishing him there.

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

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s serious intestinal problems – the result of a near-fatal stabbing during the 2018 presidential presidential campaign – meant it would be dangerous to keep the ex-leader there. “His condition is highly critical. He cannot to cope if they take him to Papuda … It would be dreadful,” he added, who also expressed concern about packed cells and the quality of jail cuisine.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas noted observing cells accommodating forty inmates: “That’s virtually one square meter per inmate.

“We conversed to the convicts and they complain, unsurprisingly, of the horrible food,” remarked the senator.

Backers Voice Concerns

He is not the lone figure speaking out ahead of the ex-leader's predicted imprisonment.

Writing in a prominent newspaper, one more backer, the former cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “harsh” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to see “the greatest wrong in its past”.

“It is an unfairness that erodes the souls of many people in Brazil,” Wajngarten wrote.

Divided Popular Reaction

That may be accurate considering the considerable support Bolsonaro retains on the conservative side. However his anticipated incarceration has also warmed the spirits of numerous other people who feel he should be incarcerated for conspiring to block the elected leader from assuming office – and additionally conspiring to have him killed.

Congressman Otoni, a congressman for the sitting president's Workers’ party, stated: “Nobody desires Bolsonaro to be sent in a dungeon. Nobody desires Bolsonaro to be placed in segregation. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to lie on concrete. We want him to obtain proper care – but respectful handling behind bars. He can’t carry on being his own prison warden for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro supporters, who have spent years celebrating the severe conditions of convicts, had suddenly become aware to their entitlements. “Recently has the conservative fringe – which has always argued that human rights should not be for lawbreakers – opted to visit a prison to learn what circumstances are really like,” he stated.

“Bolsonaro is a offender,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he merited “degrading, demeaning handling”.

Possible Incarceration Conditions

Regardless of speculation that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which currently houses about fourteen thousand detainees, his expected location seems to be a close prison for law enforcement and other “unique” inmates referred to as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

His potential cell are far more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although nonetheless a far cry from the opulence Bolsonaro experienced while living in the impressive presidential palace, about 12 miles away.

According to sources, the accommodation Bolsonaro could anticipate occupy in Papudinha measures about 24 square meters – approximately the dimensions of two parking spaces – and includes a 12 square meter WC with a bathing area and a 130 square foot balcony. “Bolsonaro would be permitted to have a television and additionally a minibar in his quarters as long as they were donated by his family,” information suggested.

Ideological Responses

Senator Lucas denounced the talked-about plan to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “an act of revenge” on the part of the judicial authority who presided over Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will decide his future in the {