Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will be discharged from hospital on Friday to return home and continue serving his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Dr. Brasil Caiado told journalists in capital Brasilia on Wednesday that Bolsonaro’s health status is currently stable and this allows him to return to house imprisonment unless new circumstances emerge. The 71-year-old leader has been hospitalized since March 13 for pneumonia, one of several health problems he has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president.

A Brazilian justice has granted former President Jair Bolsonaro permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health. The decision by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes follows Bolsonaro’s hospitalization since March 13 for pneumonia, one of several health problems he has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president. Bolsonaro was put in intensive care for a few days because of kidney problems and inflammatory issues.