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He fought the law and the legal system won.

Sixty days following being handed a 27-year sentence for attempting to “annihilate” the nation's political system, former president Jair Bolsonaro now looks jail-bound.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The found-guilty plotter – who has been under home confinement in his estate while a number of legal procedures and appeals proceed – is largely predicted to be imprisoned in the next few days, amid increasing talk that he will be transferred to a well-known maximum security penitentiary.

Previous Remarks on Inmates

Over Bolsonaro’s four-decade time in politics, the right-wing ex- soldier displayed scant sympathy for the country's prison population.

“What’s the need to give these dirtbags a easy time?” he once pondered. “They ought to simply be fucked, end of story. That’s what I reckon.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to wind up in prison, you simply need is to avoid rape, abduction or theft.”

Jail Destination Debate

But the prospect of Bolsonaro himself landing in the Papuda high-security prison in Brasília has horrified backers, a group of four this week inspected the complex in an seeming bid to dissuade the high court from sending him there.

Izalci Lucas, a senator from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was part of that quartet, claimed he predicted the elderly politician to be incarcerated in the coming fortnight and feared his location could be Papuda.

He asserted Bolsonaro’s acute digestive issues – the result of a near-fatal knife attack during the last political campaign – implied it would be risky to keep the one-time head of state there. “His condition is highly critical. He won’t be able to cope if they send him to Papuda … It could be dreadful,” said the senator, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the condition of jail cuisine.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas noted observing cells containing forty detainees: “That is practically one square metre per prisoner.

“We spoke to the inmates and they protest, naturally, of the terrible food,” added the senator.

Allies React

He is not the sole person voicing opinions prior to the one-time head of state's expected detention.

Authoring in a prominent publication, a different supporter, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “severe” end to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and claimed Brazil was about to witness “the biggest political injustice in its record”.

“This is an wrong that gnaws the souls of many people in Brazil,” Wajngarten wrote.

Varied Public Opinion

That may be true due to the substantial backing Bolsonaro maintains on the conservative side. However his anticipated imprisonment has also pleased the feelings of millions individuals who think he should be incarcerated for plotting to prevent his successor from assuming office – and even conspiring to have him killed.

Congressman Otoni, a representative for the incumbent president's political party, stated: “Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a dungeon. No one desires Bolsonaro to be sent in solitary confinement. No one wishes Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to lie on concrete. We want him to obtain dignified treatment – but respectful handling in prison. He can’t carry on being his personal jailer for his entire life.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro allies, who have spent years praising the harsh treatment of convicts, had abruptly become aware to their entitlements. “Only now has the far-right – which has repeatedly asserted that human rights are not for criminals – decided to tour a penitentiary to find out what circumstances are actually like,” he stated.

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

Likely Jail Conditions

Regardless of rumors that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which presently contains about thousands of inmates, his expected assigned facility seems to be a adjacent prison for officers and other “particular” detainees called Papudinha (Small Papuda).

His potential cell are considerably more pleasant than those in the main prison, although still a far cry from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the stunning leader's home, about 12 miles away.

According to information, the accommodation Bolsonaro could likely reside in in Papudinha is about 24 sq metres – approximately the dimensions of two parking spaces – and contains a 12 square meter restroom with a water facility and a 12 square meter terrace. “Bolsonaro would be authorized to have a TV and even a cooler in his room as long as they were donated by his family,” the report suggested.

Political Comments

Senator Lucas condemned the talked-about proposal to send the ex-president to Papuda as “a type of retaliation” on the part of the presiding magistrate who presided over Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will rule on his future in the {