The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities determined he posed a definite escape threat while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was found guilty of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and sentenced more than over two decades in prison, but he was staying under home detention pending appeals.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the septuagenarian politician was a preventative measure after recent developments came to light.
This encompassed seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said information from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be assisted by the disorder caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a congressional representative, called for a meeting of his supporters near Bolsonaro's home to take place on Saturday evening.
The senator wrote on online platforms on Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your settee? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the demonstration would be so supporters could offer prayers for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our country."
Part of the magistrate's decision was the possibility of his move to diplomatic missions near the residence, considering that the inquiries revealed a background of arranging to request asylum through a consular facility", a statement said.
The judicial paperwork underscores that the US embassy in the national capital, Brasilia, is positioned around 8 miles from his dwelling.
Bolsonaro's legal woes have provoked anger from fellow right-wing populist American leader Donald Trump, causing him to enact a fifty percent tax on goods coming from Brazil.
He is being kept in a federal law enforcement building in Brazil's capital city and will experience a detention review on the following day.
It was only on Friday that the former president's lawyers asked the Supreme Court to permit him to complete his entire prison term under house arrest, with electronic monitoring.
They also petitioned that Bolsonaro be allowed to exit his dwelling for medical care, saying he needed frequent medical attention for lung conditions and other health problems.
Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he failed to win the presidential race to his ideological adversary, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plan which encompassed plans to kill Lula and his VP candidate, Alckmin, and to imprison and murder Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been overseeing the former president's case.
The scheme was thwarted because it couldn't obtain the support of the army and air force commanders. His successor was took office without incident on January 1st, 2023.
But a seven days after, on 8 January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters stormed and vandalised public facilities in the capital, the capital city.
The security forces stepped in and around approximately 1,500 persons were arrested.
The magistrates found that the protesters had been encouraged by the former president whose scheme, they said, was for the national armed forces to take action, reestablish control and return him to office.
At the moment, the legal team called the 27 years and three months sentence "absurdly excessive.
He was also prohibited from running for public office until twenty-sixty - eight years later after the completion of his term.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a "witch hunt and said it was aimed at blocking him competing in the 2026 presidential election.
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