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He fought the legal system and the legal system triumphed.

Sixty days subsequent to getting a 27-year sentence for trying to “eradicate” the nation's democratic institutions, one-time leader Jair Bolsonaro finally seems destined for incarceration.

Imminent Imprisonment

The convicted plotter – who has been under residential detention in his mansion while a set of legal procedures and appeals proceed – is widely expected to be incarcerated in the next few days, amidst increasing rumors that he will be moved to a notorious maximum security prison.

Historical Statements on Convicts

Over Bolsonaro’s long political career, the conservative ex- paratrooper showed minimal mercy for Brazil’s jailed individuals.

“Why should we provide those lowlifes a easy time?” he once pondered. “They ought to simply be fucked, full-fucking-stop. That's my opinion.”

On another occasion, Bolsonaro stated: “Unless you desire to end up in prison, you simply need is to avoid rape, kidnap or rob.”

Incarceration Location Discussion

However the possibility of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has horrified allies, several of whom this week toured the facility in an apparent attempt to dissuade the supreme court from banishing him there.

Izalci Lucas, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was among that group, stated he anticipated the 70-year-old figure to be imprisoned in the coming fortnight and feared his location could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s serious intestinal ailments – the outcome of a almost deadly assault during the 2018 presidential presidential campaign – implied it would be hazardous to keep the one-time head of state there. “His condition is highly critical. He cannot to manage if they move him to Papuda … It could be dreadful,” said the senator, who also worried about cramped cells and the condition of jail cuisine.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas noted witnessing cells holding four dozen inmates: “It's almost one meter squared per prisoner.

“We spoke to the prisoners and they complain, of course, of the horrible cuisine,” added the senator.

Allies Voice Concerns

He is not the lone figure expressing views ahead of the one-time head of state's expected detention.

Authoring in a prominent newspaper, one more backer, the ex- government official Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “harsh” finale to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” time in office and alleged Brazil was about to see “the greatest unfairness in its record”.

“It is an unfairness that eats away the souls of millions of Brazilians,” the former minister said.

Mixed Popular Response

It is possibly true considering the substantial support Bolsonaro retains on the Brazilian right. Yet his anticipated incarceration has also pleased the spirits of numerous other people who believe he should be jailed for conspiring to prevent his successor from becoming president – and even plotting to have him murdered.

Reimont Otoni, a representative for the sitting administration's political party, said: “Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be sent in a dungeon. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be put in solitary confinement. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We wish him to receive dignified treatment – but proper treatment behind bars. He cannot continue being his personal jailer for his lifetime.”

He observed how Bolsonaro supporters, who have spent years celebrating the harsh treatment of prisoners, had suddenly woken up to their entitlements. “Recently has the far-right – which has consistently claimed that human rights should not be for criminals – opted to tour a jail to find out what conditions are truly like,” he said.

“The former president is a lawbreaker,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he earned “shameful, demeaning conduct”.

Potential Incarceration Conditions

In spite of talk that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which now houses about thousands of prisoners, his expected destination seems to be a nearby jail for police officers and other “particular” prisoners called Papudinha (Little Papuda).

The accommodations are much more adequate than those in the larger jail, although still a world away from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while living in the stunning presidential palace, around a short distance away.

As per information, the room Bolsonaro could likely occupy in Papudinha has about 24 square meters – approximately the size of vehicle spaces – and includes a 130 square foot bathroom with a shower and a 12 sq metre terrace. “He could be permitted to have a television and even a minibar in his room as long as they were supplied by his family,” sources stated.

Ideological Reactions

The lawmaker criticized the rumoured proposal to send the former leader to Papuda as “a type of revenge” on the part of the presiding magistrate who presided over Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his fate in the {