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He fought the law and the legal system prevailed.

Two months subsequent to receiving a quarter-century plus sentence for attempting to “eradicate” the nation's political system, one-time leader Jair Bolsonaro now looks headed to prison.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The convicted coup-monger – who had been under residential detention in his mansion while a number of legal procedures and petitions unfold – is widely expected to be imprisoned in the coming days, amidst mounting rumors that he will be moved to a notorious maximum security prison.

Historical Statements on Inmates

Over Bolsonaro’s four-decade political career, the right-wing ex- soldier displayed minimal compassion for the country's inmates.

“Why should we offer those scoundrels a comfortable existence?” he once pondered. “They should just get fucked, period. That’s what I reckon.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to finish there, all you have to do is to avoid rape, kidnap or theft.”

Jail Facility Debate

Yet the prospect of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda high-security prison in Brasília has horrified supporters, four of whom this week visited the complex in an apparent bid to prevent the supreme court from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was one of the visitors, claimed he expected the elderly leader to be imprisoned in the next 10 days and feared his location could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s severe intestinal issues – the consequence of a life-threatening assault during the last political campaign – signified it would be risky to keep the one-time head of state there. “His [health] situation is highly critical. He won’t be able to handle it if they move him to Papuda … It will be awful,” he added, who also worried about cramped cells and the condition of prison meals.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas remembered observing cells holding forty prisoners: “That’s almost one square meter per detainee.

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

Supporters React

The senator isn't the sole person speaking out before the former president’s expected imprisonment.

Penning in a leading daily, a different supporter, the former government official Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “brutal” end to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and claimed Brazil was about to see “the greatest wrong in its history”.

“It represents an wrong that erodes the souls of countless people in Brazil,” he stated.

Varied Popular Opinion

It is possibly true due to the significant backing Bolsonaro retains on the Brazilian right. However his anticipated imprisonment has also pleased the spirits of many others who believe he deserves to be jailed for planning to stop the elected leader from becoming president – and even conspiring to have him murdered.

Reimont Otoni, a congressman for the sitting leader's political party, stated: “Nobody desires Bolsonaro to be put in a dungeon. No one wants Bolsonaro to be sent in segregation. Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We desire him to obtain dignified handling – but respectful handling while incarcerated. He cannot carry on being his personal jailer for his entire life.”

Otoni was struck by how Bolsonaro allies, who have long applauding the tough conditions of inmates, had abruptly become aware to their entitlements. “Just now has the extreme right – which has always claimed that civil liberties are not for offenders – opted to inspect a prison to discover what situations are truly like,” he said.

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

Possible Jail Facilities

Regardless of rumors that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which currently holds about fourteen thousand prisoners, his more likely location seems to be a close prison for officers and other “particular” detainees referred to as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

Its cells are much more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although nonetheless a distant from the opulence Bolsonaro enjoyed while occupying the spectacular presidential palace, around 12 miles away.

According to information, the accommodation Bolsonaro could likely inhabit in Papudinha measures about 24 square meters – approximately the dimensions of vehicle spaces – and includes a 12 sq metre WC with a water facility and a 130 square foot balcony. “He could be allowed to have a television and additionally a cooler in his cell as long as they were supplied by his family,” sources suggested.

Ideological Comments

The lawmaker denounced the rumoured idea to send the ex-president to Papuda as “a type of revenge” on the part of the supreme court judge who presided over Bolsonaro’s coup trial and will determine his fate in the {