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He contested the law and the law triumphed.

Sixty days following getting a quarter-century plus sentence for seeking to “eradicate” Brazil’s democracy, former president Jair Bolsonaro at last looks headed to prison.

Anticipated Imprisonment

The found-guilty plotter – who's been living under residential detention in his residence while a series of legal procedures and challenges play out – is largely predicted to be incarcerated in the near future, during mounting talk that he will be transferred to a well-known maximum security prison.

Past Statements on Convicts

Throughout Bolsonaro’s long time in politics, the conservative ex- soldier displayed minimal mercy for Brazil’s jailed individuals.

“Why should we give those dirtbags a good life?” he once pondered. “They deserve to be fucked, full-fucking-stop. That's my view.”

At another time, Bolsonaro stated: “Should you not wish to wind up behind bars, all you have to do is not rape, abduction or rob.”

Prison Location Discussion

However the possibility of Bolsonaro himself ending up in the Papuda prison high-security prison in Brasília has shocked backers, a group of four this week visited the complex in an apparent effort to dissuade the supreme court from banishing him there.

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

He asserted Bolsonaro’s serious gut issues – the consequence of a life-threatening knife attack during the 2018 presidential campaign – implied it would be dangerous to keep the ex-leader there. “His condition is very grave. He won’t be able to manage if they take him to Papuda … It would be awful,” he commented, who also voiced anxiety about cramped cells and the standard of inmate food.

During his tour Papuda, Lucas remembered observing cells containing forty detainees: “That’s practically one square metre per prisoner.

“We spoke to the prisoners and they protest, unsurprisingly, of the horrible food,” continued the senator.

Allies Speak Out

He is not the sole person voicing opinions before the former president’s anticipated detention.

Writing in a leading publication, a different supporter, the ex- communications minister Fábio Wajngarten, deplored the “harsh” finale to Bolsonaro’s “flawless” time in office and claimed Brazil was about to witness “the largest unfairness in its history”.

“This is an injustice that erodes the spirits of countless Brazilian citizens,” he stated.

Mixed Public Response

That may be true given the significant backing Bolsonaro maintains on the Brazilian right. But his anticipated incarceration has also warmed the hearts of many other people who feel he deserves to be incarcerated for planning to prevent the elected leader from taking power – and even conspiring to have him killed.

The lawmaker, a politician for the current administration's political party, said: “No one desires Bolsonaro to be sent in a dungeon. Nobody wants Bolsonaro to be placed in isolation. Not a soul wishes Bolsonaro not to be fed or for him to have to lie on concrete. We want him to obtain dignified handling – but dignified treatment in prison. He must not persist being his self-appointed guard for his entire life.”

Otoni was struck by how Bolsonaro allies, who have spent years applauding the harsh conditions of inmates, had suddenly realized to their privileges. “Only now has the far-right – which has repeatedly claimed that human rights were not for criminals – chosen to visit a prison to discover what circumstances are truly like,” he said.

“The former president is a lawbreaker,” Otoni insisted, but that did not mean he merited “shameful, degrading treatment”.

Likely Prison Facilities

In spite of speculation that Bolsonaro could be transferred to Papuda, which currently contains about fourteen thousand prisoners, his expected location seems to be a close jail for officers and other “particular” inmates referred to as Papudinha (Minor Papuda).

His potential cell are much more adequate than those in the primary facility, although nevertheless a distant from the luxury Bolsonaro experienced while occupying the spectacular presidential palace, approximately a short distance away.

Based on sources, the room Bolsonaro could anticipate reside in in Papudinha is about 24 square meters – roughly the dimensions of vehicle spaces – and contains a 12 sq metre bathroom with a water facility and a 130 square foot terrace. “Bolsonaro would be authorized to have a TV and additionally a minibar in his cell as long as they were provided by his family,” information stated.

Political Reactions

The lawmaker condemned the talked-about proposal to send the ex-president to Papuda as “an act of revenge” on the part of the judicial authority who led Bolsonaro’s proceedings and will decide his outcome in the {