Brazil’s Supreme Court Finalizes Bolsonaro’s 27-Year Sentence, Starting Countdown to Possible Jailing

Overview

• With the acórdão published on November 18, Bolsonaro’s defense has five days to file new motions, which his lawyers expect Moraes could reject and then order incarceration as early as next week.
• Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August 4 under restrictions set by Moraes after violations of prior court measures.
• A four-senator delegation allied with Bolsonaro inspected the Papuda complex and urged that he remain in home confinement, citing inadequate medical coverage, food and medication issues, and a past inmate death as evidence of systemic risk.
• The report says Papuda lacks 24-hour medical staff and that emergency triage is often done by penal police without medical training, and it warns of security concerns from criminal factions housed there.
• Bolsonaro’s lawyers asked Moraes to authorize an at-home dermatology visit after a skin cancer diagnosis, while allies lobby for house arrest and note Papudinha, a potential custody site in the complex, also lacks continuous medical care.