Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), denied this Monday (2) the request for house arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
In the decision, Moraes said that the Papudinha facilities, in Brasília, where the former president is imprisoned, offer adequate medical care. Furthermore, the minister stated that the attempt to anklet rape electronic, which occurred last year, is also an obstacle to granting the request.
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The defense claimed that the prison facilities are not capable of providing adequate medical treatment to Bolsonaro, who recently underwent surgery for an inguinal hernia and has several comorbidities as a result of the stab wound inflicted on him during the 2018 election campaign.
When analyzing the request, Moraes said that Papudinha’s facilities are adequate to assist Bolsonaro in the event of an emergency.
“The specific conditions and adaptations of the prison unit fully meet the needs of the convict, with the possibility and effective provision of continuous medical services, with multiple daily visits, physiotherapy sessions, physical activities, religious assistance, in addition to guaranteeing the defendant, in absolute guarantee of the principle of human dignity”, said the minister.
Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months prison in the criminal action of the coup plot and is serving his sentence in the 19th Military Police Battalion, located within the Papuda Penitentiary Complex, in Brasília. The place is known as Papudinha and is intended for special prisoners, such as police officers, lawyers and judges.
Expanded article at 2:43 pm
