Brazil’s Bolsonaro transferred to prison with ‘more favourable’ conditions

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to prison on Thursday to begin serving a 27-year sentence for orchestrating a failed coup, under conditions described by a court as “more favourable.” The 70-year-old was convicted over efforts to overturn his 2022 election loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Jan 16, 2026 - 09:00
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro transferred to prison with ‘more favourable’ conditions
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to prison on Thursday to begin serving a 27-year sentence for orchestrating a failed coup, under conditions described by a court as “more favourable.” The 70-year-old was convicted over efforts to overturn his 2022 election loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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