Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a government overthrow in September and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he continued under home detention pending legal challenges.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice the presiding justice said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" were revealed.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the ex-president's "intention to break the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his flight.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his offspring.
His son, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his followers near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on digital networks on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your homeland, or observe everything from your mobile device there on your couch? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the gathering would be so supporters could offer prayers for his well-being and for the restoration of democratic rule in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the possibility of the former president's transfer to diplomatic missions near the home, considering that the inquiries revealed a record of arranging to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing underscores that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is positioned around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist US President President Trump, leading him to implement a 50% tariff on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a detention review on Sunday.
Latest Court Petitions
It was only on last Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under domestic detention, with digital surveillance.
They also petitioned that he be allowed to depart his residence for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Background on Conviction
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Top judicial officials said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill his opponent and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. His successor was inaugurated without problem on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, many Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged official structures in the capital, Brasília.
The law enforcement stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were taken into custody.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been incited by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from running for public office until the year 2060 - a decade minus two years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the next presidential race.
