The former president (), 71, was released this Friday (27) from the hospital where he had been admitted for two weeks, in , to serve home confinement.
He must go from the DF Star hospital to his home, which is in a gated community in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood.
Convicted of an attempted coup d’état, the former president, when he was taken to DF Star after feeling ill during the early hours of the morning in Papudinha. He left the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) on Monday (23).
Bolsonaro had been hospitalized with bacterial bronchopneumonia in both lungs. In a statement released this Thursday (26), the DF Star hospital reported that he had no signs of acute infection and had a good clinical evolution.
According to the former president’s doctors, the acute phase of pneumonia has passed and he is now in the so-called convalescence period, when the body recovers. According to the team, a complete cure for pneumonia can take three to six months.
Bolsonaro was taken into custody at the PF superintendence in November 2025, when he was under house arrest, after . It’s a paranoia crisis. Later, he ended up being transferred to Papudinha.
Bolsonaro’s transfer back to house arrest was authorized on Tuesday (24) by the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court), for 90 days.
During the period, Bolsonaro will have to use and will be prohibited from using social media or recording audio or videos.
After the three months have elapsed, “the presence of the necessary requirements for maintaining humanitarian house arrest will be re-analyzed, including medical expertise if necessary.”
At home, the former president will be able to receive his children, but under the same hours and rules as Papudinha, which provides for visits on Wednesdays and Saturdays, between 8am and 4pm. Lawyers can visit you every day, for 30 minutes a day, but they need to make an appointment in advance with the 19th Military Police Battalion of the DF. The former president’s doctors have free access.
Michelle, her daughter Laura and a stepdaughter will have free access. Other visits are suspended, “to protect the necessary controlled environment, mainly to avoid the risk of sepsis and [manter o] infection control”, wrote Moraes.
