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He battled justice and justice won.

Sixty days after being handed a 27-year sentence for attempting to “destroy” Brazil’s political system, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro at last seems headed to prison.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The adjudicated instigator – who had been under home confinement in his estate while a set of legal procedures and challenges play out – is broadly anticipated to be incarcerated in the next few days, during growing speculation that he will be moved to a notorious maximum security facility.

Past Statements on Inmates

Over Bolsonaro’s four-decade public life, the far-right ex- soldier displayed little compassion for the country's inmates.

“What’s the need to give these lowlifes a good life?” he once mused. “They ought to simply be messed, period. That’s what I reckon.”

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

Jail Facility Debate

But the idea of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda top-security prison in Brasília has horrified allies, a group of four this week visited the facility in an seeming bid to dissuade the supreme court from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s political party who was among that group, said he predicted the elderly leader to be jailed in the next 10 days and was concerned his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s severe gut ailments – the outcome of a almost deadly stabbing during the 2018 election race – implied it would be risky to keep the ex-leader there. “His health is very grave. He will not be able to handle it if they take him to Papuda … It would be dreadful,” he commented, who also voiced anxiety about overcrowded cells and the condition of inmate food.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas recalled seeing cells holding forty detainees: “It's virtually one square meter per inmate.

“We conversed to the prisoners and they complain, naturally, of the awful meals,” added the senator.

Backers Speak Out

He is not the sole person speaking out ahead of the former president’s predicted incarceration.

Penning in a prominent daily, a different supporter, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “severe” finale to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the largest wrong in its record”.

“It represents an injustice that gnaws the hearts of many of Brazilians,” he stated.

Varied General Reaction

This could be correct due to the considerable backing Bolsonaro retains on the conservative side. Yet his expected jailing has also gladdened the hearts of many others who feel he ought to be jailed for conspiring to prevent his successor from taking power – and even plotting to have him assassinated.

The lawmaker, a politician for the sitting leader's political party, said: “No one desires Bolsonaro to be put in a dungeon. No one wants Bolsonaro to be put in isolation. No one wants Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We want him to receive dignified treatment – but proper handling while incarcerated. He can’t continue being his personal jailer for his lifetime.”

Otoni was struck by how Bolsonaro backers, who have long applauding the harsh conditions of convicts, had unexpectedly woken up to their entitlements. “Only now has the extreme right – which has consistently claimed that civil liberties are not for offenders – chosen to tour a prison to learn what conditions are really like,” he stated.

“He is a offender,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he earned “shameful, insulting handling”.

Likely Jail Conditions

Despite speculation that Bolsonaro could be sent to Papuda, which currently holds about fourteen thousand prisoners, his probable location looks to be a close penitentiary for officers and other “particular” prisoners known as Papudinha (Little Papuda).

His potential cell are far more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although nonetheless a world away from the luxury Bolsonaro enjoyed while occupying the impressive official residence, about a short distance away.

According to information, the room Bolsonaro could anticipate inhabit in Papudinha is about 24 square meters – roughly the dimensions of two parking spaces – and includes a 12 square meter bathroom with a bathing area and a 12 square meter balcony. “He could be permitted to have a television and even a small fridge in his quarters as long as they were donated by his family,” information stated.

Partisan Comments

Senator Lucas criticized the speculated proposal to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “a type of payback” on the part of the presiding magistrate who oversaw Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will rule on his outcome in the {