A 35-year-old man was found dead inside his prison cell on Thursday morning, police said in a statement. 

Police were called to Corradino Correctional Facility at around 7.45am. 

There were no outward signs of violence on the man's body. The prisoner was not Maltese, police added.

Magistrate Joseph Mifsud is leading an inquiry into the man's death. 

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