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He contested justice and justice won.

Two months subsequent to being handed a quarter-century plus sentence for trying to “eradicate” Brazil’s democracy, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro now appears headed to prison.

Anticipated Jailing

The adjudicated coup-monger – who had been living under home confinement in his estate while a set of court processes and appeals proceed – is widely expected to be jailed in the coming days, amid mounting rumors that he will be sent to a infamous maximum security penitentiary.

Historical Remarks on Prisoners

Over Bolsonaro’s long political career, the far-right ex- military man showed little sympathy for the country's prison population.

“What’s the need to offer those lowlifes a good life?” he previously wondered. “They ought to simply be messed, full-fucking-stop. That's my view.”

At another time, Bolsonaro proclaimed: “Should you not wish to end up in prison, all you have to do is not sexual assault, kidnap or theft.”

Prison Destination Debate

However the idea of Bolsonaro himself winding up in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has horrified backers, a group of four this week visited the prison in an seeming bid to prevent the supreme court from sending him there.

Senator Lucas, a lawmaker from Bolsonaro’s political party who was among that group, stated he predicted the septuagenarian figure to be imprisoned in the next 10 days and feared his assigned prison could be Papuda.

Lucas claimed Bolsonaro’s severe digestive ailments – the result of a life-threatening stabbing during the 2018 presidential campaign – meant it would be hazardous to keep the one-time head of state there. “His condition is extremely serious. He cannot to handle it if they send him to Papuda … It would be terrible,” he commented, who also expressed concern about packed cells and the condition of inmate food.

While visiting Papuda, Lucas remembered witnessing cells accommodating forty prisoners: “That is practically one square meter per detainee.

“We talked to the inmates and they complain, of course, of the horrible meals,” remarked the senator.

Allies Voice Concerns

He is not the lone figure voicing opinions before the former president’s expected incarceration.

Penning in a prominent daily, a different supporter, the former communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, bemoaned the “severe” end to Bolsonaro’s “impeccable” time in office and alleged Brazil was about to see “the greatest political injustice in its past”.

“It represents an injustice that gnaws the spirits of countless people in Brazil,” the former minister said.

Divided Popular Response

That may be accurate given the significant support Bolsonaro maintains on the Brazilian right. But his anticipated imprisonment has also warmed the spirits of numerous individuals who think he deserves to be incarcerated for conspiring to stop the elected leader from taking power – and additionally plotting to have him assassinated.

Reimont Otoni, a representative for the incumbent leader's Workers’ party, stated: “Not a soul wishes Bolsonaro to be put in a dungeon. No one wants Bolsonaro to be put in isolation. No one wishes Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to rest on hard ground. We desire him to get dignified care – but proper care in prison. He must not continue being his own prison warden for his entire life.”

Otoni was struck by how Bolsonaro supporters, who have for a long time praising the tough treatment of convicts, had suddenly realized to their rights. “Only now has the conservative fringe – which has repeatedly asserted that civil liberties were not for offenders – decided to inspect a prison to discover what circumstances are actually like,” he said.

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

Possible Incarceration Facilities

In spite of rumors that Bolsonaro could be moved to Papuda, which presently houses about fourteen thousand prisoners, his probable assigned facility seems to be a adjacent jail for officers and other “unique” inmates known as Papudinha (Small Papuda).

The accommodations are considerably more pleasant than those in the primary facility, although still a far cry from the opulence Bolsonaro had while residing in the spectacular presidential palace, about 12 miles away.

According to information, the room Bolsonaro could expect to occupy in Papudinha has about 24 sq metres – approximately the dimensions of vehicle spaces – and features a 12 sq metre WC with a bathing area and a 12 square meter balcony. “He could be authorized to have a set and additionally a cooler in his quarters as long as they were donated by his relatives,” sources stated.

Partisan Comments

Senator Lucas condemned the rumoured plan to send the one-time head of state to Papuda as “a type of revenge” on the part of the presiding magistrate who presided over Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will rule on his future in the {