Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under domestic detention.
The ex-president was convicted of orchestrating a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after fresh information emerged.
This involved attempting to break his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a public vigil that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a filing authorising the custody, the judge said data from the unit overseeing the former president's confinement suggested the former leader's aim to disable the surveillance device to secure accomplishment in his escape.
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the disorder caused by the gathering called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a congressional representative, called for a assembly of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday evening.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Will you battle for your homeland, or see it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I invite you to struggle with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could offer prayers for his health and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of the judge's decision was the possibility of the former president's transfer to embassies near the dwelling, considering that the investigations revealed a background of planning to request asylum through a embassy office", a statement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the capital, Brazil's capital, is situated around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Global Responses
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist American leader Trump, prompting him to implement a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being detained in a federal law enforcement building in the capital and will experience a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to fulfill his full incarceration period under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be permitted to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he demanded ongoing care for lung conditions and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was found guilty of orchestrating a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he was defeated in the national vote to his left-wing rival, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a scheme which involved plans to kill his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Justice Moraes - the top judicial official who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The conspiracy was prevented because it didn't receive the support of the army and air force commanders. The current president was took office without incident on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on January 8th, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were taken into custody.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the moment, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also banned from seeking elected position until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the conclusion of his imprisonment.
The one-time head of state called the trial a targeted investigation" and said it was designed to prevent him running in the 2026 national vote.
