The former president is serving a sentence of 27 years and 3 months, for attempted coup d’état and other related crimes, and was detained in Papudinha, a building in the Papuda Penitentiary Complex
Minister Alexandre de Moraes authorized the temporary transfer of the former president to house arrest this Tuesday (24). the measure “consecrated” after the statement from the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
In the decision, Moraes determined that Bolsonaro’s home will have duration of 90 days. Furthermore, the magistrate specified restrictions for the period. They are:
- Monitoring: Mandatory use of an electronic ankle bracelet, with the inclusion area restricted to the residential address;
Moraes followed the recommendation made by the PGR. On Monday (23), the prosecutor pointed out the need for house arrest to guarantee the comprehensive monitoring of the former president’s healthwhich is “subject to sudden and unpredictable changes”.
The former president is serving a sentence of 27 years and 3 months for attempted coup d’état and other related crimes, and was detained in “Papudinha”, a building in the Papuda Penitentiary Complex.
On March 13, Bolsonaro was admitted to the DF Star Hospital, in Brasília, after feeling ill. According to the medical bulletin released on Sunday (22), with no expected discharge, but, in the last 24 hours, “he remained clinically stable, afebrile and uneventful”.
since his house arrest on August 4, 2025 for non-compliance with precautionary measures. Since January 15th, Bolsonaro has been serving his sentence in the Military Police battalion of the Federal District (PM-DF), which became known as “Papudinha”. The former president had been detained since November 2025 at the Federal Police Superintendence, in Brasília.
Violated the electronic ankle monitor
The biggest obstacle to approval was the same one that put Bolsonaro in the PF cell: the use of a soldering iron to try to break the electronic ankle bracelet. The expert’s conclusion is that the former president used the tool for “directed heating for opening”. As a result, the risk of flight could be used as an “infallible argument” to deny Bolsonaro’s return home, according to Supreme Court sources.
On January 15th, the . “Before analyzing the new request for humanitarian house arrest, a medical examination by the Federal Police must be carried out, to analyze the current situation of the person in custody and possible adaptations to continue serving the sentence in the new location”, says Moraes’ decision.
Bolsonaro was initially arrested at the Federal Police Superintendence in Brasília, however, after several requests for transfer to house arrest and allegations of poor conditions there, the . According to the the site has a “total covered area of 54.76 meters with bedroom, bathroom, laundry, kitchen, living room and outdoor area of 10.07 meters”.
