Bolsonaro has been detained after authorities concluded he posed a serious risk of fleeing while under house arrest.
The one-time leader was convicted of orchestrating a armed takeover in last fall and handed more than 27 years in jail, but he was staying under confinement pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a safety action after recent developments came to light.
This involved trying to remove his electronic bracelet and a invitation to a supporters' gathering that could facilitate a potential flight.
In a document approving the custody, the magistrate said data from the facility tracking Bolsonaro's house arrest suggested the one-time head of state's plan to remove the electronic ankle bracelet to guarantee victory in his getaway".
This, it said, would be "facilitated by the confusion caused by the protest called by his son.
His offspring, his son Flávio, who holds office as a legislator, called for a gathering of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
His son wrote on online platforms on last Friday: "Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to battle with us."
He said the vigil would be so backers could offer prayers for his health and for the restoration of democratic rule in our country."
Part of the judge's ruling was the chance of his "relocation to embassies near the residence, considering that the investigations revealed a record of planning to ask for protection through a consular facility", a announcement said.
The court filing emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the federal district, Brazil's capital, is located around 8 miles from Bolsonaro's home.
Bolsonaro's legal woes have drawn the ire of fellow populist conservative US President Donald Trump, prompting him to impose a half-rate duty on imports of Brazilian goods.
He is being detained in a national police facility in Brasilia and will have a custody hearing on Sunday.
It was only on last Friday that the ex-leader's attorneys asked the Supreme Court to allow him to fulfill his full incarceration period under home confinement, with tracking devices.
They also asked that he be permitted to leave his home for healthcare, saying he required regular treatment for lung conditions and other ailments.
Bolsonaro was found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the national vote to his ideological adversary, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Supreme Court justices said that he knew of a plan which encompassed plans to murder Lula and his running partner, Geraldo Alckmin, and to detain and kill Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been managing the former president's case.
The plot was thwarted because it failed to get the endorsement of the armed forces officials. Lula was took office without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a week later, on the eighth of January, numerous Bolsonaro supporters attacked and damaged government buildings in the capital, Brazil's capital.
The law enforcement intervened and around fifteen hundred individuals were arrested.
The justices found that the protesters had been provoked by the former president whose plan, they said, was for the national armed forces to intervene, reestablish control and reinstate his authority.
At the moment, the legal team called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from campaigning for office until the year 2060 - eight years later after the end of his sentence.
The ex-leader called the legal proceedings a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
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