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He fought justice and the legal system prevailed.

Two months following getting a 27-year sentence for attempting to “annihilate” Brazil’s democracy, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally appears jail-bound.

Anticipated Incarceration

The adjudicated coup-monger – who had been under residential detention in his estate while a series of legal procedures and challenges unfold – is broadly anticipated to be jailed in the next few days, amid growing talk that he will be transferred to a notorious top-security prison.

Historical Statements on Prisoners

Over Bolsonaro’s four-decade public life, the far-right former paratrooper exhibited minimal sympathy for Brazil’s prison population.

“What’s the need to offer these scoundrels a easy time?” he once pondered. “They should just get messed, period. That’s what I reckon.”

In another instance, Bolsonaro stated: “If you don’t want to wind up there, the only thing required is not sexual assault, kidnap or theft.”

Incarceration Facility Debate

However the prospect of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda top-security prison in Brasília has horrified allies, several of whom this week inspected the facility in an obvious attempt to prevent the supreme court from banishing him there.

The senator, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s political party who was among that group, said he anticipated the 70-year-old figure to be imprisoned in the next 10 days and was concerned his location could be Papuda.

He asserted Bolsonaro’s acute intestinal ailments – the consequence of a near-fatal knife attack during the last election race – implied it would be dangerous to keep the ex-leader there. “His condition is extremely serious. He will not be able to manage if they send him to Papuda … It could be terrible,” he commented, who also voiced anxiety about cramped cells and the standard of prison meals.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas recalled observing cells accommodating four dozen detainees: “That is practically one meter squared per prisoner.

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

Backers Voice Concerns

Lucas is not the lone figure speaking out prior to the one-time head of state's anticipated imprisonment.

Penning in a leading publication, one more backer, the ex- cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “severe” conclusion to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” political career and asserted Brazil was about to witness “the largest wrong in its record”.

“This is an wrong that eats away the spirits of countless people in Brazil,” Wajngarten wrote.

Mixed Public Reaction

That may be true considering the substantial support Bolsonaro retains on the right-wing. Yet his expected imprisonment has also gladdened the spirits of millions others who believe he should be imprisoned for plotting to prevent the elected leader from becoming president – and even plotting to have him killed.

Reimont Otoni, a politician for the incumbent president's allied group, said: “Nobody wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a dark cell. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be sent in solitary confinement. No one desires Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to lie on concrete. We wish him to get respectful treatment – but respectful care behind bars. He cannot persist being his self-appointed guard for his entire life.”

He observed how Bolsonaro backers, who have long praising the harsh treatment of inmates, had abruptly become aware to their entitlements. “Recently has the far-right – which has always asserted that human rights are not for criminals – chosen to inspect a jail to learn what circumstances are really like,” he stated.

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

Potential Prison Environment

Regardless of rumors that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which presently contains about 14,000 detainees, his expected location looks to be a nearby prison for law enforcement and other “special” inmates referred to as Papudinha (Little Papuda).

His potential cell are far more pleasant than those in the main prison, although nonetheless a far cry from the opulence Bolsonaro enjoyed while living in the spectacular presidential palace, approximately 12 miles away.

Based on reports, the room Bolsonaro could expect to reside in in Papudinha measures about 260 square feet – about the dimensions of a couple of car spots – and contains a 12 sq metre WC with a water facility and a 12 sq metre veranda. “The ex-president might be authorized to have a TV and even a small fridge in his cell as long as they were donated by his family,” information suggested.

Partisan Comments

The lawmaker condemned the rumoured idea to send the former leader to Papuda as “a type of payback” on the part of the supreme court judge who led Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will rule on his outcome in the {