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He battled justice and the law prevailed.

Two months following receiving a twenty-seven-year sentence for seeking to “eradicate” the nation's democratic institutions, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro now looks jail-bound.

Expected Incarceration

The convicted instigator – who's been under home confinement in his mansion while a set of legal procedures and petitions proceed – is largely predicted to be incarcerated in the near future, during increasing rumors that he will be moved to a well-known high-security facility.

Historical Statements on Inmates

Over Bolsonaro’s four-decade time in politics, the conservative ex- military man showed minimal compassion for Brazil’s prison population.

“What’s the need to give these lowlifes a good life?” he once pondered. “They ought to simply be fucked, period. That's my view.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to wind up behind bars, the only thing required is to avoid sexual assault, kidnap or theft.”

Incarceration Location Speculation

But the idea of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has appalled supporters, a group of four this week toured the prison in an seeming bid to discourage the supreme court from transferring him there.

Izalci Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was one of the visitors, stated he expected the 70-year-old politician to be jailed in the following week and a half and feared his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s acute digestive ailments – the result of a almost deadly stabbing during the 2018 presidential campaign – meant it would be dangerous to keep the former president there. “His [health] situation is very grave. He will not be able to cope if they take him to Papuda … It will be terrible,” he commented, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the quality of prison meals.

While visiting Papuda, Lucas noted witnessing cells accommodating 40 detainees: “It's practically one meter squared per inmate.

“We spoke to the inmates and they grumble, naturally, of the horrible cuisine,” continued the senator.

Backers Voice Concerns

Lucas is not the lone figure voicing opinions prior to the former president’s anticipated detention.

Writing in a major daily, a different supporter, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “brutal” end to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” time in office and alleged Brazil was about to experience “the biggest wrong in its record”.

“This is an unfairness that eats away the hearts of countless Brazilian citizens,” Wajngarten wrote.

Varied Public Response

It is possibly accurate due to the substantial backing Bolsonaro maintains on the right-wing. But his expected imprisonment has also pleased the feelings of millions other people who feel he deserves to be incarcerated for planning to prevent the incoming president from taking power – and additionally conspiring to have him murdered.

Congressman Otoni, a representative for the sitting administration's Workers’ party, said: “Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be sent in a dark cell. Nobody desires Bolsonaro to be put in solitary confinement. No one wants Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We wish him to obtain dignified treatment – but dignified handling in prison. He can’t persist being his personal jailer for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro backers, who have for a long time celebrating the harsh treatment of convicts, had abruptly realized to their rights. “Just now has the far-right – which has consistently asserted that basic rights are not for offenders – opted to inspect a penitentiary to learn what circumstances are truly like,” he remarked.

“He is a criminal,” he affirmed, but that did not mean he merited “humiliating, insulting conduct”.

Possible Jail Conditions

In spite of talk that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which presently houses about fourteen thousand detainees, his probable assigned facility looks to be a close prison for police officers and other “special” prisoners referred to as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

The accommodations are far more comfortable than those in the larger jail, although nonetheless a world away from the opulence Bolsonaro had while living in the stunning official residence, approximately a short distance away.

Based on reports, the accommodation Bolsonaro could likely inhabit in Papudinha has about 24 sq metres – roughly the dimensions of a couple of car spots – and contains a 12 sq metre bathroom with a water facility and a 12 sq metre veranda. “He could be allowed to have a set and additionally a small fridge in his quarters as long as they were donated by his loved ones,” information suggested.

Ideological Reactions

He criticized the speculated idea to send the former leader to Papuda as “an act of revenge” on the part of the presiding magistrate who led Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his future in the {