Overview
- The Servicio Penitenciario Provincial publicized and praised Walter Denis Pereyra Fincatti's completion of a Licenciatura en Psicopedagogía while he serves a ten-year prison sentence.
- The penitentiary's congratulatory post went viral and drew intense social-media criticism, leading the agency to disable comments on its accounts.
- The Colegio de Psicopedagogos de La Rioja has confirmed Pereyra Fincatti cannot be matriculated because provincial registration rules require a criminal-record certificate to protect children.
- Pereyra Fincatti was convicted for two counts of sexual abuse of an eight-year-old pupil for acts that occurred in 2017–2018 and received a ten-year sentence.
- The Colegio said it will inform the national federation and refer the matter to disciplinary bodies, a step that could prompt shared rules or guidance across provinces on prison study and professional licensing.