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He contested the law and the law prevailed.

A couple of months following getting a quarter-century plus sentence for seeking to “annihilate” Brazil’s political system, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally seems jail-bound.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The convicted coup-monger – who's been living under house arrest in his estate while a number of court processes and petitions play out – is widely expected to be incarcerated in the near future, amid increasing talk that he will be sent to a well-known high-security prison.

Previous Remarks on Inmates

Throughout Bolsonaro’s 40-year time in politics, the right-wing former soldier displayed minimal mercy for Brazil’s prison population.

“Why should we give those dirtbags a easy time?” he previously wondered. “They ought to simply be messed, period. That's my view.”

On another occasion, Bolsonaro stated: “If you don’t want to finish there, you simply need is to avoid sexual assault, kidnap or rob.”

Incarceration Facility Debate

However the prospect of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has shocked allies, several of whom this week visited the prison in an seeming attempt to prevent the supreme court from banishing him there.

Izalci Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was among that group, claimed he expected the 70-year-old politician to be incarcerated in the coming fortnight and worried his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s severe digestive issues – the result of a life-threatening knife attack during the last election race – meant it would be dangerous to keep the one-time head of state there. “His health is very grave. He won’t be able to manage if they move him to Papuda … It would be terrible,” he added, who also voiced anxiety about cramped cells and the quality of prison meals.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas noted observing cells accommodating four dozen inmates: “That is almost one square metre per inmate.

“We spoke to the inmates and they grumble, unsurprisingly, of the awful food,” added the senator.

Backers Voice Concerns

He is not the lone figure voicing opinions prior to the ex-leader's expected detention.

Writing in a leading newspaper, another ally, the ex- cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “brutal” end to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the biggest wrong in its history”.

“It is an injustice that erodes the hearts of countless of Brazilians,” he stated.

Mixed Public Response

That may be accurate due to the considerable support Bolsonaro maintains on the Brazilian right. Yet his anticipated incarceration has also gladdened the feelings of numerous other people who feel he ought to be incarcerated for conspiring to prevent his successor from assuming office – and additionally scheming to have him assassinated.

The lawmaker, a representative for the current leader's political party, stated: “Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be placed in a hole. Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to be sent in solitary confinement. Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We want him to obtain dignified treatment – but dignified handling while incarcerated. He can’t carry on being his own prison warden for his entire life.”

Otoni was struck by how Bolsonaro allies, who have long praising the harsh conditions of convicts, had unexpectedly woken up to their rights. “Just now has the conservative fringe – which has consistently asserted that human rights are not for lawbreakers – opted to tour a prison to learn what conditions are actually like,” he stated.

“He is a lawbreaker,” Otoni insisted, but that did not mean he earned “shameful, demeaning conduct”.

Likely Prison Facilities

In spite of rumors that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which now houses about thousands of inmates, his expected destination seems to be a adjacent penitentiary for police officers and other “unique” detainees referred to as Papudinha (Minor Papuda).

His potential cell are considerably more adequate than those in the primary facility, although still a world away from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the stunning presidential palace, approximately 12 miles away.

As per reports, the room Bolsonaro could likely inhabit in Papudinha measures about 24 square meters – approximately the size of vehicle spaces – and features a 130 square foot WC with a water facility and a 12 sq metre veranda. “Bolsonaro would be permitted to have a television and also a cooler in his quarters as long as they were provided by his loved ones,” the report indicated.

Partisan Responses

The lawmaker criticized the speculated plan to send the ex-president to Papuda as “a type of revenge” on the part of the supreme court judge who oversaw Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will decide his future in the {