Moraes Rejects Bolsonaro's Bid for Home or Humanitarian Custody

Overview

• Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from hospital and returned to the Federal Police headquarters in Brasília, where he is serving a sentence for an attempted coup and other crimes.
• Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled there was no worsening of Bolsonaro’s condition and noted medical reports indicating improvement.
• The decision emphasized that all prescriptions can be fulfilled in custody, including round-the-clock medical coverage, access to private doctors, medications, physiotherapy and family-provided meals.
• Moraes cited repeated breaches and concrete escape-related acts, including the deliberate destruction of an electronic ankle monitor, to justify maintaining a closed regime.
• Bolsonaro’s lawyers had asked on December 31 for him to remain hospitalized while a domiciliary request was assessed, as he underwent phrenic nerve blocks for persistent hiccups and sought antidepressant medication, but the court denied that and earlier similar requests, drawing public criticism from his family.