The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and given more than 27 years in incarceration, but he continued under house arrest pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after recent developments emerged.
This encompassed trying to remove his ankle monitor and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a possible escape.
Court Filing Details Flight Fears
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said data from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the ex-president's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His child, Flávio, who serves as a legislator, called for a meeting of his supporters near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on social media on the previous day: Will you battle for your country, or see it all from your smartphone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our nation."
Diplomatic Refuge Fears
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of his move to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a history of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the federal district, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from his dwelling.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President Donald Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also petitioned that the former president be authorized to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he needed frequent medical attention for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his political opponent, Lula.
High Court judges said that he was aware of a plan which involved plans to kill the current president and his running partner, his vice-presidential candidate, and to arrest and execute Justice Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the armed forces officials. The current president was took office without problem on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed government buildings in the federal district, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by him whose scheme, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the period, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also prohibited from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The former president called the trial a political persecution and said it was designed to prevent him participating in the next presidential race.
