The former Brazilian leader has been taken into custody after authorities determined he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The former head of state was found guilty of planning a government overthrow in September and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under house arrest pending court reviews.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a precautionary step after "new facts" came to light.
This involved attempting to break his tracking device and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing his home detention suggested the former leader's "intention to break the tracking monitor to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on Saturday night.
His son wrote on digital networks on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could "pray for his physical condition and for the reestablishment of democratic governance in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the investigations revealed a background of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is situated around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist United States President Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
The former president is being detained in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will experience a imprisonment assessment on the following day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the High Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with electronic monitoring.
They also asked that Bolsonaro be permitted to leave his home for medical treatment, saying he required ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
He was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he knew of a plot which encompassed plans to murder his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it couldn't obtain the backing of the army and air force commanders. Lula was sworn in without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on the eighth of January, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The law enforcement took action and around 1,500 people were arrested.
The judges found that the rioters had been incited by Bolsonaro whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also banned from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The former president called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the next presidential race.
