The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities found he posed a concrete flight risk while under house arrest.
The former head of state was found guilty of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and sentenced more than 27 years in incarceration, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the elderly politician was a safety action after "new facts" were revealed.
This encompassed trying to remove his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Legal Document Reveals Escape Risks
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said intelligence from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His son, Flávio, who serves as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the magistrate's ruling was the chance of Bolsonaro's move to diplomatic missions near the dwelling, considering that the probes revealed a record of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, Brazil's capital, is located around 13km from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
The former president's legal troubles have drawn the ire of fellow right-wing populist US President Trump, leading him to impose a fifty percent tax on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on Friday that the his legal team asked the Top Court to authorize him to fulfill his full incarceration period under domestic detention, with electronic monitoring.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other health problems.
Context of Sentencing
Bolsonaro was convicted of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plot which included plans to assassinate the current president and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the Supreme Court justice who has been overseeing Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was thwarted because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, many his followers attacked and damaged official structures in the national capital, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to intervene, restore order and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the 27 years and three months sentence extremely harsh.
He was also barred from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 presidential election.
