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He fought justice and the law won.

A couple of months following receiving a twenty-seven-year sentence for trying to “destroy” Brazil’s political system, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally seems headed to prison.

Imminent Incarceration

The found-guilty plotter – who had been under residential detention in his estate while a set of court processes and appeals proceed – is broadly anticipated to be jailed in the next few days, amid increasing rumors that he will be transferred to a notorious high-security prison.

Past Comments on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s four-decade public life, the conservative ex- military man showed minimal sympathy for Brazil’s jailed individuals.

“Why should we give these lowlifes a easy time?” he previously wondered. “They ought to simply be messed, end of story. That’s what I reckon.”

On another occasion, Bolsonaro proclaimed: “Unless you desire to wind up there, the only thing required is to avoid rape, abduction or rob.”

Jail Destination Discussion

However the idea of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda high-security prison in Brasília has horrified backers, a group of four this week visited the facility in an apparent effort to prevent the supreme court from sending him there.

The senator, a politician from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was among that group, claimed he expected the septuagenarian leader to be incarcerated in the following week and a half and was concerned his assigned prison could be Papuda.

He asserted Bolsonaro’s acute intestinal ailments – the result of a life-threatening knife attack during the 2018 presidential campaign – meant it would be risky to keep the former president there. “His condition is very grave. He will not be able to manage if they send him to Papuda … It will be terrible,” said the senator, who also voiced anxiety about overcrowded cells and the standard of jail cuisine.

While visiting Papuda, Lucas noted witnessing cells accommodating 40 detainees: “That’s practically one square metre per prisoner.

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

Backers Speak Out

He is not the sole person speaking out prior to the ex-leader's predicted incarceration.

Authoring in a prominent newspaper, one more backer, the ex- government official Fábio Wajngarten, bemoaned the “harsh” finale to Bolsonaro’s “impeccable” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the largest wrong in its past”.

“This is an unfairness that erodes the souls of millions people in Brazil,” he stated.

Divided General Opinion

That may be true considering the considerable following Bolsonaro maintains on the conservative side. But his expected incarceration has also warmed the hearts of many other people who think he deserves to be imprisoned for conspiring to block the incoming president from taking power – and even plotting to have him killed.

Reimont Otoni, a representative for the sitting president's political party, stated: “Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to be sent in a hole. Not a soul wishes Bolsonaro to be placed in isolation. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We desire him to receive proper treatment – but dignified treatment behind bars. He must not carry on being his personal jailer for his whole life.”

Otoni was struck by how Bolsonaro allies, who have for a long time praising the tough conditions of convicts, had abruptly realized to their privileges. “Recently has the conservative fringe – which has repeatedly claimed that civil liberties should not be for criminals – opted to visit a jail to discover what conditions are truly like,” he stated.

“He is a criminal,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he deserved “shameful, degrading handling”.

Potential Prison Conditions

Regardless of talk that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which now contains about thousands of prisoners, his probable location looks to be a adjacent jail for law enforcement and other “special” inmates called Papudinha (Little Papuda).

His potential cell are considerably more pleasant than those in the larger jail, although nevertheless a distant from the opulence Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the spectacular official residence, approximately 20 kilometers away.

According to sources, the accommodation Bolsonaro could expect to inhabit in Papudinha measures about 260 square feet – about the dimensions of two parking spaces – and includes a 12 square meter WC with a bathing area and a 130 square foot terrace. “Bolsonaro would be permitted to have a set and additionally a cooler in his room as long as they were supplied by his family,” information indicated.

Partisan Reactions

He condemned the rumoured plan to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “a form of revenge” on the part of the supreme court judge who led Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his fate in the {