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He battled justice and the law won.

A couple of months after getting a 27-year sentence for trying to “destroy” Brazil’s democracy, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro finally seems destined for incarceration.

Expected Imprisonment

The adjudicated plotter – who had been under home confinement in his mansion while a series of judicial steps and appeals proceed – is widely expected to be incarcerated in the coming days, during growing talk that he will be sent to a notorious high-security facility.

Historical Statements on Prisoners

Throughout Bolsonaro’s long political career, the far-right ex- paratrooper exhibited minimal compassion for the country's inmates.

“Why should we give those scoundrels a comfortable existence?” he once mused. “They ought to simply be fucked, full-fucking-stop. That’s what I reckon.”

At another time, Bolsonaro stated: “Unless you desire to finish behind bars, you simply need is to avoid rape, kidnap or rob.”

Incarceration Destination Discussion

Yet the prospect of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has shocked backers, several of whom this week visited the facility in an seeming attempt to discourage the judiciary from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was part of that quartet, stated he anticipated the elderly figure to be incarcerated in the next 10 days and feared his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s severe digestive problems – the outcome of a almost deadly stabbing during the 2018 political campaign – implied 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 terrible,” he added, who also voiced anxiety about overcrowded cells and the quality of inmate food.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas remembered observing cells containing forty prisoners: “That is practically one square metre per detainee.

“We spoke to the convicts and they protest, of course, of the awful cuisine,” remarked the senator.

Allies React

He is not the sole person expressing views prior to the former president’s predicted imprisonment.

Writing in a leading daily, a different supporter, the ex- government official Fábio Wajngarten, bemoaned the “brutal” end to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and claimed Brazil was about to witness “the largest political injustice in its history”.

“This is an wrong that erodes the spirits of countless of Brazilians,” he stated.

Mixed Public Opinion

That may be accurate considering the substantial support Bolsonaro retains on the right-wing. However his predicted imprisonment has also warmed the hearts of millions individuals who believe he deserves to be imprisoned for conspiring to prevent the incoming president from taking power – and even scheming to have him killed.

The lawmaker, a representative for the incumbent administration's allied group, said: “Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be sent in a hole. No one wants Bolsonaro to be placed in isolation. No one wants Bolsonaro to lack food or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We want him to get respectful treatment – but respectful handling behind bars. He cannot persist being his personal jailer for his entire life.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro supporters, who have long celebrating the tough handling of convicts, had suddenly realized to their privileges. “Just now has the extreme right – which has consistently argued that basic rights were not for criminals – decided to inspect a prison to discover what conditions are really like,” he stated.

“The former president is a offender,” the congressman maintained, but that did not mean he merited “degrading, degrading conduct”.

Possible Incarceration Conditions

Regardless of rumors that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which currently houses about 14,000 inmates, his more likely assigned facility looks to be a adjacent jail for law enforcement and other “particular” prisoners known as Papudinha (Minor Papuda).

The accommodations are much more comfortable than those in the main prison, although still a far cry from the luxury Bolsonaro had while residing in the spectacular leader's home, around 20 kilometers away.

Based on sources, the cell Bolsonaro could expect to occupy in Papudinha measures about 24 square meters – roughly the size of vehicle spaces – and features a 130 square foot bathroom with a shower and a 130 square foot balcony. “He could be authorized to have a set and also a small fridge in his room as long as they were donated by his loved ones,” the report indicated.

Ideological Reactions

Senator Lucas denounced the speculated idea to send the former leader to Papuda as “an act of payback” on the part of the judicial authority who presided over Bolsonaro’s legal case and will determine his future in the {