Overview
- Defense attorneys filed the request on Nov. 21 to Supreme Court rapporteur Alexandre de Moraes, seeking humanitarian house arrest to serve the full term.
- Bolsonaro remains under court-ordered home confinement in Brasília since Aug. 4 after violating precautionary measures in the case.
- He was convicted on Sept. 11 of plotting to stay in power after the 2022 election and sentenced to 27 years and three months, with an initial appeal unanimously rejected this month.
- The petition cites chronic complications from a 2018 stabbing, recent skin cancer removals, recurrent vomiting and hiccups, and the need for frequent specialist care, and proposes electronic ankle monitoring with judicial restrictions.
- The filing references a Public Defender inspection describing precarious conditions at Brasília’s Papuda complex, and a ruling on executing the sentence and any transfer to prison is expected in the coming weeks.