The former president’s far-right supporters have discovered a new interest in prison conditions as incarceration looms
He fought the law and the law won.
Two months after receiving a 27-year sentence for trying to “annihilate” Brazil’s democratic institutions, former president Jair Bolsonaro finally looks jail-bound.
The convicted coup-monger – who has been living under house arrest in his mansion while a series of legal procedures and appeals play out – is widely expected to be incarcerated in the coming days, amid growing speculation that he will be sent to a notorious maximum security prison.
During Bolsonaro’s four-decade political career, the far-right former paratrooper showed little compassion for Brazil’s prison population.
