The first class of the (Supreme Federal Court) sentenced this Thursday (11) (PL), 70, to 27 years and 3 months in prison for attempted coup d’état, on charges of.
He president of Brazil to be arrested, the fourth since redemocratization. Also integrate the list (PT), () e.
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since July 4, imposed by the minister of. The decision was motivated by Bolsonaro to have spoken with allies, his cell phone, during demonstrations the day before. The act was understood by the magistrate as a violation of precautionary measures to which Bolsonaro was subjected.
Bolsonaro’s defense stated after the conviction of this Thursday that the penalties set by the court “are absurdly excessive and disproportionate” and will appeal, “including the international level.”
The lawyers try to maintain house arrest, alleging health issue. In addition to advanced age, Bolsonaro suffers sequelae of the knife attack he suffered in the 2018 campaign. The definition of the prison will be up to Moraes. Cogitated scenarios are special cells in the prison of Papuda or the Federal Police. A cell in military barracks is the most remote option.
Here’s how the arrest conditions of other former presidents were.
Lula
Lula was arrested after convictions in the case of the Guarujá triplex and the site of Atibaia, on charges of corruption and money laundering. Before being arrested, he was housed at the ABC Metalworkers Union in São Bernardo do Campo and surrendered after two days at the scene.
In a room adapted of 15 m² on the fourth floor of the PF Superintendence in Curitiba. It was released in November 2019, when the Supreme Court overturned the prison in the second instance.
The space, previously used by travel police, had no bars and had a bathroom, closet, table with four chairs, exercise treadmill and television with open channels and USB entrance.
The former president woke up early, before 7am, and was entitled to sunbathing three times a week in a 40 m² space that had been a fumodrome. Kept routine of daily exercises with treadmill and elastics.
During the week, he was talking for about an hour with lawyers every morning and afternoons, he received family members on Thursdays and two friends, usually politicians in the morning.
The cell also functioned as a political office: attorneys with power of attorney carried pen drives with PT meetings and other materials, which Lula watched on television. The petista was also allowed to attend the funeral of Neto Arthur in 2019.
Michel Temer
Fear in March 2019, 79 days after leaving the presidency, by order of Judge Marcelo Bretas, under the Lava Jato of Rio de Janeiro. He was accused of heading criminal organization and receiving bribes.
Initially taken to the PF Superintendence in RJ, it was four days custody. He was trapped in a room that was used by the corporation’s corregedor with private bathroom, window and air conditioning. , sofa, meeting table, minibar and TV.
Two months later. This time, he spent a few days in a makeshift room at the PF headquarters in São Paulo. It was in a space, with simple bed and bathroom, without grids, and with food provided by your team.
He spent the first night in a room without bathroom, ninth floor, and the other day. In both cases it was without contact with the other prisoners.
Then he went to the PM’s shock policing command, which has a staff room, a special cell for authorities.
On May 15th, and returning home. He got habeas corpus and was not sentenced to the proceedings.
Fernando Collor
Collor was convicted by the Supreme Court in May 2023 for the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering in scheme at BR Distribuidora, a subsidiary company. The penalty was set at the time in eight years and ten months of imprisonment. In April 2025, he was also arrested by decision of Moraes.
It was initially taken to the Baldomero Cavalcanti prison in Maceió, where it is adapted to receive it. The space was larger than the ordinary cells, it had air conditioning and bathroom and was in the administrative corridor, accessed by two overlapping doors, one of iron and one of wood.
According to a person who had access to the former president in prison, he was shot down and had a device next to the bed commonly used as part of the sleep apnea treatment.
He was isolated, with a daily sunbathing and ordinary food of the unit. A few days later, he obtained progression to the home regime.
Since May 1, Collor has a sentence in a seaside valued at R $ 9 million, in the Jatiúca neighborhood of Maceió.
The former president lives with an electronic anklet, suspended passport and exits restriction, allowed only for health reasons.
It can receive family members, doctors and lawyers, and other visits depend on the authorization of the STF. Neighbors and little movement in the building, with blinds always closed and few lit lights.
Bolsonaro’s house arrest
Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since early August, at his home in the Solar Condominium of Brasilia, in the Botanical Garden, prime area of the federal capital. It is the family’s second residence in the same place since the former president returned to live in Brasilia.
The condominium, inaugurated in 1992, has three blocks of houses on land of about 800 m² each. There is entry control and periodic rounds made by vigilantes, a factor that weighed on the choice of Bolsonaro over real estate in Lake Sul, a neighborhood that concentrates more expensive homes and authorities.
The houses range from size and price, with values announced between R $ 1.5 million and R $ 5.5 million, and rents that can reach R $ 30 thousand. The condominium fee is $ 800. The former president’s residence has two floors, garden, barbecue and pool.
Since he went to the home regime, Bolsonaro has received relatives and allies. According to reports, he showed contrary to the political situation, alternating moments of rebate and irritation, as well as presenting bouts of sob.
