Sesp-PR (Secretariat of Public Security of Paraná) on Tuesday (10.mar.2026) images of the cell at the Casa de Custódia Hildebrando de Souza, in Ponta Grossa, in Campos Gerais, where former advisor to the Presidency of the Republic Filipe Martins is imprisoned. The disclosure was made after determination by the minister, the STF (Supreme Federal Court), who requested the sending of the photographs.
According to the secretariat, the former advisor is alone in a newly built cell in the prison unit. The space is 6 m² and includes an individual bathroom with shower, as well as two bunk beds. The cell has a table and chair. A fan and a 20-inch television were placed there by the prisoner’s family. According to the state government, the environment is away from other inmates and Martins’ sunbathing takes place in an attached area.
On Saturday (7 March), representatives from different institutions visited the prison unit to inspect the former advisor’s custody conditions. Members of the Public Security Secretariat of Paraná, the MPPR (Public Ministry of Paraná) and the OAB-PR (Brazilian Bar Association, Paraná section) participated in the inspection.
The inspection was carried out by the Secretary of Public Security of the State, Hudson Leôncio Teixeira, and by the general director of the Penal Police of Paraná, Ananda Chalegre. Also present were prosecutor Antônio Juliano Albanez; the president of the OAB of Ponta Grossa, Mariantonieta Pailo Ferraz; the vice-president of the subsection, Rubens Florenzano; the entity’s director of prerogatives, Luís Alberto Kubaski; the members of the Human Rights Commission of the local OAB Silvana Lopes and Jucemara Santos; in addition to Military Police captain Jaine Chaves Luz de Moura. During the visit, the group spoke with the former advisor.
Here are photos of the cell:
Martins on January 2, 2026 after failing to comply with precautionary measures. Initially, he was taken to the Ponta Grossa House of Custody. On January 6, he went to the CMP (Penal Medical Complex), in Pinhais, in the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. He remained there until March 3, when he returned to the Ponta Grossa unit as ordered by the STF.
In an order signed on Wednesday (March 11, 2026), Moraes ordered the Paraná Penal Police to send to the Supreme Court, within 48 hours, the images released by Sesp-PR of the cell in which Martins is detained. The minister also informed the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) of the request. Here is it (PDF – 295 kB).
Filipe Martins was sentenced to 21 years in prison for participating in the attempted coup d’état. On Friday (6th March), Moraes requested the defense of former presidential advisor Filipe Martins to return to the Curitiba prison unit.
PRISON MAINTAINED
Martins’ arrest was motivated by a report from Ricardo Wagner Roquetti, a retired Air Force colonel. He told Moraes’ office that his LinkedIn profile recorded a visit from an account identified as “Filipe Garcia Martins”. The platform allows users to view access to their pages.
When decreeing the arrest, Moraes assessed that there was non-compliance with the court decision that prohibited the use of social networks. “These circumstances, in themselves, demonstrate the defendant’s contempt for the measures imposed and for the legal system itself”wrote the minister. Read the (PDF – 154 kB).
Moraes maintained the former advisor’s preventive detention in a decision published on February 26. He followed the statement by the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet. According to him, the conduct attributed to Martins would demonstrate the ineffectiveness of alternative precautionary measures. “Precautionary segregation remains as a suitable means to ensure the application of criminal law and the regularity of the process”stated the PGR.
In a request for reconsideration, the defense maintained that the last access to the profile was on September 13, 2024, from an IP located in the United States, which would be compatible with the work of a registered lawyer who was in that country. The lawyers stated that Martins remained in Ponta Grossa (PR), under electronic monitoring, and attached the account’s access history. Here’s the (PDF – 41 kB). Gonet declared that the documentation presented does not rule out the registration of use of the social network on December 28, 2025.
The defense also argued that simple access would not constitute a violation of the measures, as there was no publication of content. The attorney general disagreed. According to him, the judicial prohibition covered the use of social networks broadly, including access and navigation, and not just posts.
Gonet concluded that there are no new facts capable of changing the situation that supported the preventive detention. He spoke out against the repeal or relaxation of the measure.
TIMELINE
Here are the main dates of the case:
- fev.2024 – Filipe Martins is preventively arrested for the first time;
- ago.2024 – Moraes converts prison into house arrest, with precautionary measures;
- set.2024 – Martins’ profile on LinkedIn is accessed with a US IP;
- 16.dez.2025 – 1st Panel of the STF sentences Martins to 21 years in prison;
- 29.dez.2025 – Ricardo Wagner Roquetti sends the email to Moraes’ office;
- 30.dez.2025 – Moraes for explanations of Filipe Martins’ defense;
- 31.dez.2025 – lawyers that Martins used LinkedIn;
- 2.jan.2026 – Martins in Paraná by determination of Moraes;
- 20.jan.2026 – Moraes gives the PGR 15 days to respond;
- 24.jan.2026 – PGR defends preventive detention;
- 26.jan.2026 – Moraes remains in preventive detention;
- 27.fev.2026 – Moraes asks for explanations about the transfer of a prison unit;
- 28.fev.2026 – Moraes orders Filipe Martins to return to Ponta Grossa prison;
- 2.mar.2026 – Paraná Criminal Police say they transferred Martins for security reasons.
