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Brazil's Bolsonaro transferred to roomier cell in new prison after judge's order

Bolsonaro was moved to a 65-square-meter cell with medical staff access and increased family visit time after starting a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, Supreme Court said.

  • Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to Brasilia's Papuda Penitentiary Complex, which holds politicians, after being convicted of plotting a coup.
  • Bolsonaro's new cell is about 65 square meters , bigger than his previous 12-square-meter-room, and includes a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and living room.
  • Bolsonaro, who has a history of surgeries, has been seeking permission to serve his 27-year sentence under "humanitarian house arrest", which Justice Alexandre de Moraes has denied, citing flight risk.
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Bolsonaro from Brazil was transferred to a prison under the conditions of "more favourable" Brazil's Vice President Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to jail in order to begin a 27-year sentence for orchestrating a...

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced for attempted coup d'état, benefits from improved conditions of detention following a court decision Former Brazilian President Jair

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years of detention for attempted coup d'état, was transferred on Thursday to a prison on "more favourable" terms than those of his previous place of imprisonment, by court order. ...

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in detention, was transferred to a prison on Thursday in "more favourable conditions".

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Brazil's ex-President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Now he has been transferred to a new cell, which actually offers room for significantly more prisoners. Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of attempted coup, has been transferred to a larger prison cell with more favourable detention conditions.The ultra-right-wing ex-president has been taken from the Brazilian police headquarters in Brasília to the Papud…

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La República broke the news in Lima, Peru on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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