Overview
- Augusto Pacicco, 39, wrote to judges asking to stay in Unidad Penitenciaria No. 5 in Villa María and serve the roughly 10 months left of a two‑year sentence for narcomenudeo.
- He told reporters he made the request partly to remain with a same‑sex partner he met in the prison, identified by media as Roy, and partly because he fears relapse and lacks housing or support outside.
- Pacicco’s public defender began parole paperwork but has not advanced it at the inmate’s request, and there is no public court order changing his status.
- One outlet reported the couple has begun paperwork to formalize their union, but that claim appears only in a single report and is not independently corroborated.
- The case raises questions about how parole systems and social services assess readiness for release and whether prisons function as de facto safety nets for people without housing or treatment support.