Brazil court grants house arrest for jailed Bolsonaro due to ill health
Judge authorises an initial 90-day medical reprieve for the former president following his hospitalisation
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Tuesday granted a request by former president Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily serve his sentence under house arrest after his discharge from a hospital for treatment of bronchopneumonia.
“I authorise temporary humanitarian house arrest … for an initial period of 90 days,” Justice Alexandre de Moraes said in a court document, adding that the period could be renewed in case of medical necessity.
The 71-year-old former far-right president was sentenced to 27 years in prison last September for an attempted coup in 2022.
“Thank you, God!” his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, posted on Instagram after the justice’s ruling was released.
Since mid-January, Bolsonaro had been serving his sentence at the Papuda penitentiary complex in Brasilia.