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He battled the law and the law won.

Sixty days following receiving a twenty-seven-year sentence for trying to “annihilate” Brazil’s democracy, one-time leader Jair Bolsonaro now looks headed to prison.

Anticipated Incarceration

The convicted coup-monger – who's been under house arrest in his estate while a set of judicial steps and appeals proceed – is largely predicted to be imprisoned in the coming days, amidst increasing talk that he will be sent to a notorious maximum security prison.

Previous Statements on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s long public life, the conservative ex- paratrooper exhibited minimal compassion for Brazil’s prison population.

“What’s the need to offer these lowlifes a comfortable existence?” he previously wondered. “They should just get fucked, full-fucking-stop. That's my opinion.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro stated: “Unless you desire to finish there, all you have to do is not sexual assault, kidnap or rob.”

Jail Destination Speculation

But the idea of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has horrified supporters, several of whom this week toured the prison in an seeming attempt to prevent the high court from banishing him there.

Izalci Lucas, a senator from Bolsonaro’s political party who was one of the visitors, claimed he predicted the septuagenarian politician to be imprisoned in the coming fortnight and was concerned his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s acute gut issues – the result of a almost deadly knife attack during the last presidential campaign – implied it would be dangerous to keep the ex-leader there. “His [health] situation is extremely serious. He will not be able to manage if they send him to Papuda … It will be terrible,” he added, who also worried about packed cells and the quality of inmate food.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas remembered witnessing cells containing forty inmates: “It's almost one square meter per prisoner.

“We spoke to the prisoners and they protest, of course, of the horrible food,” remarked the senator.

Allies Voice Concerns

Lucas is not the sole person voicing opinions ahead of the one-time head of state's predicted incarceration.

Authoring in a leading newspaper, a different supporter, the ex- communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, lamented the “harsh” finale to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” time in office and asserted Brazil was about to see “the largest wrong in its past”.

“It is an injustice that erodes the spirits of countless people in Brazil,” he stated.

Mixed Public Opinion

It is possibly accurate given the significant following Bolsonaro maintains on the conservative side. However his expected imprisonment has also gladdened the feelings of millions others who believe he ought to be jailed for conspiring to stop the incoming president from taking power – and also conspiring to have him murdered.

Reimont Otoni, a congressman for the sitting leader's political party, commented: “Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a dark cell. Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to be put in solitary confinement. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to sleep on the floor. We desire him to get dignified care – but proper handling behind bars. He must not continue being his self-appointed guard for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro allies, who have long celebrating the harsh handling of convicts, had suddenly become aware to their entitlements. “Only now has the extreme right – which has always asserted that human rights were not for offenders – chosen to visit a penitentiary to discover what conditions are truly like,” he said.

“Bolsonaro is a lawbreaker,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he merited “humiliating, degrading conduct”.

Likely Jail Environment

Despite speculation that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which currently holds about 14,000 prisoners, his more likely assigned facility appears to be a close jail for officers and other “particular” inmates called Papudinha (Little Papuda).

His potential cell are considerably more pleasant than those in the larger jail, although nonetheless a distant from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while residing in the impressive presidential palace, about 20 kilometers away.

As per sources, the room Bolsonaro could likely reside in in Papudinha has about 24 square meters – about the size of vehicle spaces – and includes a 130 square foot bathroom with a water facility and a 130 square foot balcony. “He could be authorized to have a television and even a minibar in his cell as long as they were provided by his family,” sources suggested.

Partisan Comments

He condemned the talked-about plan to send the former leader to Papuda as “a form of retaliation” on the part of the judicial authority who led Bolsonaro’s legal case and will determine his outcome in the {