Prodigy v1.10.x only ships with wheels for 3.6 to 3.8, but the upcoming v1.11 (currently available as a nightly pre-release) will have wheels for 3.9, as well as additional wheels for ARM architectures.
If you do want to install an older version of Python, I'd recommend using pyenv
, which lets you manage multiple versions without messing with your system Python.