A total of 14 prisoners died while serving time at Corradino Correctional Facility over the past three years, while the Correctional Services Agency was being run by Alex Dalli. On Wednesday, the under-fire director suspended himself after an Indian national in his thirties died by suicide. Last month, a board of inquiry tasked with probing internal procedures at the prison was given a two-month extension to its term. According to law, magisterial inquiries are mandatory over deaths that occur in prison or in places of confinement. This is a list of prisoners who have died since June 2018: 1. A 35-year-old man was found dead in his cell with no signs of 'external violence' to his body on June 7, 2018. An inquiry by Magistrate Joe Mifsud found he had died of coronary artery thrombosis. 2. A 26-year-old inmate died on the following December 11, reportedly by suicide, as he began his sentence for rape. The authorities said the man was found unconscious in his cell during routine rounds. He was given first aid and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. 3. Steven Farrugia, 34, was already dead by the time an ambulance arrived at Corradino Correctional Facility on Boxing Day...
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