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He contested justice and justice triumphed.

Two months subsequent to getting a quarter-century plus sentence for seeking to “annihilate” Brazil’s political system, former president Jair Bolsonaro at last appears jail-bound.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The adjudicated coup-monger – who has been under house arrest in his estate while a set of legal procedures and petitions proceed – is broadly anticipated to be jailed in the next few days, amidst growing rumors that he will be sent to a notorious maximum security prison.

Historical Remarks on Inmates

During Bolsonaro’s long political career, the right-wing former paratrooper showed little mercy for the country's jailed individuals.

“For what reason must we offer those lowlifes a easy time?” he once mused. “They ought to simply be screwed, period. That's my opinion.”

At another time, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to end up there, you simply need is to avoid rape, kidnap or rob.”

Incarceration Location Debate

Yet the prospect of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has horrified allies, four of whom this week toured the prison in an apparent attempt to dissuade the high court from transferring him there.

Izalci Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s allied group who was one of the visitors, said he anticipated the septuagenarian politician to be incarcerated in the next 10 days and was concerned his assigned prison could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s severe digestive ailments – the result of a almost deadly assault during the last election race – meant it would be dangerous to keep the former president there. “His health is very grave. He will not be able to manage if they send him to Papuda … It would be terrible,” said the senator, who also voiced anxiety about cramped cells and the standard of jail cuisine.

When inspecting Papuda, Lucas noted seeing cells accommodating 40 prisoners: “That’s practically one square metre per inmate.

“We conversed to the inmates and they protest, unsurprisingly, of the awful food,” continued the senator.

Supporters Speak Out

The senator isn't the lone figure voicing opinions prior to the ex-leader's expected incarceration.

Penning in a leading daily, another ally, the former communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, bemoaned the “severe” finale to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to experience “the biggest unfairness in its past”.

“It represents an unfairness that eats away the spirits of countless people in Brazil,” the former minister said.

Mixed Public Opinion

That may be accurate given the substantial backing Bolsonaro holds on the right-wing. But his expected incarceration has also pleased the spirits of numerous individuals who believe he deserves to be jailed for planning to block the incoming president from becoming president – and also plotting to have him killed.

Reimont Otoni, a congressman for the incumbent president's political party, said: “Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be sent in a hole. Not a soul desires Bolsonaro to be sent in solitary confinement. Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We wish him to receive proper care – but proper care in prison. He must not persist being his self-appointed guard for his lifetime.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro allies, who have long applauding the harsh conditions of inmates, had abruptly become aware to their privileges. “Only now has the conservative fringe – which has repeatedly claimed that human rights should not be for offenders – chosen to visit a penitentiary to find out what circumstances are actually like,” he stated.

“He is a criminal,” Otoni insisted, but that did not mean he earned “shameful, degrading conduct”.

Potential Jail Facilities

Despite rumors that Bolsonaro could be sent to Papuda, which currently contains about fourteen thousand detainees, his probable destination looks to be a close jail for officers and other “unique” inmates known as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

His potential cell are far more pleasant than those in the larger jail, although still a world away from the opulence Bolsonaro enjoyed while residing in the spectacular official residence, about a short distance away.

As per information, the accommodation Bolsonaro could expect to reside in in Papudinha has about 24 sq metres – about the dimensions of two parking spaces – and includes a 130 square foot bathroom with a shower and a 12 square meter veranda. “He could be authorized to have a set and additionally a minibar in his cell as long as they were supplied by his relatives,” sources stated.

Ideological Comments

Senator Lucas criticized the talked-about idea to send the former leader to Papuda as “a type of revenge” on the part of the supreme court judge who presided over Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will decide his fate in the {