Bolsonaro has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under domestic detention.
The one-time leader was convicted of plotting a military coup in the ninth month and handed more than 27 years in prison, but he remained under confinement pending appeals.
Top Judicial Official Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" emerged.
This involved seeking to disable his ankle monitor and a summons to a supporters' gathering that could "allow for a possible escape.
Judicial Records Show Escape Concerns
In a filing authorising the custody, Justice Moraes said intelligence from the centre monitoring Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his escape.
This, it said, would be made easier by the confusion caused by the demonstration called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who works as a senator, called for a gathering of his backers near the former president's residence to take place on Saturday night.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on digital networks on Friday: Will you battle for your country, or observe everything from your phone there on your settee? I invite you to fight with us."
He said the vigil would be so supporters could seek divine intervention for his physical condition and for the return of democracy in our land."
Embassy Asylum Concerns
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's move to embassies near the residence, considering that the probes revealed a background of organizing to request asylum through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the United States embassy in the national capital, the capital city, is situated around 13km from Bolsonaro's home.
Global Responses
Bolsonaro's legal woes have generated frustration from fellow right-wing populist United States President President Trump, prompting him to implement a half-rate duty on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a national police facility in the capital and will undergo a imprisonment assessment on the next day.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to permit him to serve his whole jail sentence under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also requested that Bolsonaro be allowed to depart his residence for healthcare, saying he demanded regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other ailments.
Details of Guilty Verdict
Bolsonaro was determined responsible of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at maintaining his control after he failed to win the national vote to his political opponent, President Lula.
Top judicial officials said that he had knowledge of a plot which included plans to assassinate his opponent and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the High Court judge who has been presiding over the former president's case.
The plot was prevented because it failed to get the support of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on January 1st, 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his followers invaded and destroyed official structures in the national capital, the capital city.
The police stepped in and around fifteen hundred individuals were detained.
The justices found that the rioters had been incited by him whose plan, they said, was for the country's army to take action, reestablish control and bring him back to power.
At the time, Bolsonaro's lawyers called the decades-long sentence unreasonably severe".
He was also barred from campaigning for office until twenty-sixty - a decade minus two years after the end of his sentence.
The former president called the court case a targeted investigation" and said it was aimed at blocking him running in the 2026 national vote.
