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He contested the legal system and the legal system triumphed.

Two months subsequent to being handed a quarter-century plus sentence for seeking to “destroy” the nation's political system, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro now seems headed to prison.

Expected Incarceration

The convicted plotter – who has been subject to home confinement in his residence while a set of legal procedures and appeals play out – is widely expected to be incarcerated in the near future, during growing rumors that he will be sent to a infamous high-security prison.

Past Comments on Convicts

During Bolsonaro’s long public life, the conservative former paratrooper showed scant sympathy for Brazil’s prison population.

“For what reason must we provide these scoundrels a good life?” he once pondered. “They deserve to be messed, period. That's my view.”

At another time, Bolsonaro declared: “If you don’t want to wind up in prison, you simply need is not rape, kidnap or rob.”

Incarceration Location Speculation

Yet the idea of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison maximum security prison in Brasília has horrified supporters, a group of four this week toured the complex in an obvious attempt to discourage the supreme court from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a politician from Bolsonaro’s Liberal party who was part of that quartet, claimed he expected the elderly figure to be imprisoned in the coming fortnight and was concerned his location could be Papuda.

The senator argued Bolsonaro’s serious intestinal ailments – the result of a almost deadly knife attack during the 2018 election race – signified it would be risky to keep the ex-leader there. “His [health] situation is very grave. He will not be able to cope if they take him to Papuda … It would be dreadful,” he commented, who also expressed concern about cramped cells and the standard of jail cuisine.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas remembered observing cells containing four dozen inmates: “That’s almost one meter squared per detainee.

“We talked to the prisoners and they grumble, naturally, of the terrible food,” continued the senator.

Supporters React

The senator isn't the sole person voicing opinions prior to the one-time head of state's expected detention.

Writing in a prominent publication, another ally, the former cabinet member Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “harsh” finale to Bolsonaro’s “spotless” public service and claimed Brazil was about to see “the greatest political injustice in its history”.

“This is an unfairness that gnaws the spirits of countless of Brazilians,” he stated.

Divided General Opinion

This could be accurate due to the considerable support Bolsonaro maintains on the right-wing. But his anticipated jailing has also pleased the spirits of millions individuals who believe he should be incarcerated for planning to stop the incoming president from taking power – and even plotting to have him assassinated.

Reimont Otoni, a representative for the current leader's political party, commented: “Not a soul wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a hole. Not a soul wants Bolsonaro to be put in segregation. No one wants Bolsonaro to go hungry or for him to have to lie on concrete. We wish him to get dignified treatment – but dignified treatment in prison. He cannot persist being his own prison warden for his whole life.”

The congressman noted how Bolsonaro backers, who have for a long time applauding the tough treatment of prisoners, had abruptly woken up to their privileges. “Just now has the extreme right – which has repeatedly claimed that basic rights should not be for offenders – chosen to tour a prison to discover what circumstances are truly like,” he said.

“The former president is a offender,” Otoni insisted, but that did not mean he deserved “humiliating, degrading handling”.

Possible Prison Facilities

Regardless of speculation that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which currently contains about thousands of prisoners, his expected location seems to be a nearby prison for officers and other “particular” inmates called Papudinha (Small Papuda).

Its cells are considerably more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although still a world away from the comfort Bolsonaro had while residing in the impressive official residence, approximately a short distance away.

As per reports, the accommodation Bolsonaro could anticipate reside in in Papudinha has about 24 sq metres – about the size of a couple of car spots – and features a 130 square foot bathroom with a shower and a 12 square meter veranda. “Bolsonaro would be allowed to have a television and also a minibar in his room as long as they were donated by his family,” sources stated.

Partisan Comments

The lawmaker denounced the speculated proposal to send the former leader to Papuda as “a type of retaliation” on the part of the presiding magistrate who oversaw Bolsonaro’s legal case and will decide his fate in the {