Bolsonaro has been taken into custody after authorities found he posed a definite escape threat while under home confinement.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a armed takeover in September and given more than over two decades in prison, but he remained under confinement pending court reviews.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a precautionary step after recent developments emerged.
This involved trying to remove his ankle monitor and a call for a public vigil that could facilitate a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a paperwork permitting the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the former leader's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to secure accomplishment in his getaway".
This, it said, would be made easier by the chaos caused by the demonstration called by his child.
His offspring, Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a assembly of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on the previous day: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your mobile device there on your settee? I urge you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so followers could "pray for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of the judge's decision was the chance of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a record of organizing to request asylum through a diplomatic representation", a declaration said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
Worldwide Consequences
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow populist conservative American leader Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
The former president is being kept in a national police facility in Brazil's capital city and will have a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Legal Requests
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the High Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that the former president be allowed to leave his home for healthcare, saying he demanded ongoing care for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
He was convicted of leading a plot aimed at maintaining his control after he lost the national vote to his political opponent, Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which included plans to kill Lula and his vice-presidential running mate, his vice-presidential candidate, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over his judicial proceedings.
The plot was prevented because it didn't receive the endorsement of the army and air force commanders. The current president was sworn in without issue on 1 January 2023.
But a seven days after, on January 8th, thousands of his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the federal district, Brasília.
The security forces intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The judges found that the demonstrators had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose plan, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, restore order and bring him back to power.
At the period, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The one-time head of state called the trial a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the next presidential race.
