A former president convicted of plotting a coup is now eligible to shorten his prison sentence in Brazil by reading books.

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was transferred to prison on Thursday to begin serving a 27-year sentence for ...

On Jan. 15, 2026, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered that incarcerated ex-President Jair Bolsonaro ...

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro was on Thursday transferred to prison, where he will serve his sentence for orchestrating a failed coup in "more favorable" conditions, according to a court ...

A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro to a prison with "more favorable" conditions.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started his 27-year prison sentence on Tuesday for leading a coup attempt, to the surprise of many in the South American nation who doubted he would ever end ...

Police and soldiers are being deployed in large numbers to Brazil's northeast to fight a wave of gang violence fueled by the overloaded, collapsing prison system. More than 400 elite federal troops ...

SAO PAULO — Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup ...