Westgate inmate Kino Outerbridge died from an overdose of heroin, a prison officer was told shortly after the 37-year-old was rushed to hospital.Principal officer Gerald Bean told the jury at the inquest into Mr Outerbridge’s death that an inmate said it was due to a lethal dose of drugs.According to various witnesses before the inquest, contraband was available to prisoners inside the facility.The routes by which drugs were smuggled into Westgate have not been divulged, however.The court heard that Mr Outerbridge collapsed in the cell of fellow inmate and friend Garrett Burrows, a little after 8am on October 6, 2009.Mr Bean told the inquest that an unknown officer “told me there was an emergency, but not where” at around 8.10am, in the walkway between the prison kitchen and the medical office.Unable to get any reply on his radio, Mr Bean estimated it took about a minute to check the three units of E block, before coming upon the scene in cell 38, E1.“None of the E2 or E3 officers knew what was going on,” Mr Bean told Coroner’s officer Sergeant Lyndon Raynor.In E1, however, he found Mr Outerbridge lying on the floor, tended to by nurse Desiree Ford with assistance from inmates.“Outerbridge’s eyes were closed and he did not appear to be breathing,” Mr Bean added.The unconscious inmate was moved to the corridor, where Mr Ford, soon joined by nurse Estwick Ferguson, set to work with breathing apparatus.“I began to do chest compressions, but there was no response,” Mr Bean said.EMTs from the Bermuda Fire Service arrived at 8.33am, he said.“They had some difficulty getting their vehicle through the gates to the units, so they came through the canteen area,” the officer recalled.Continued CPR and a defibrillator failed to revive Mr Outerbridge. An ambulance arrived at about 8.45am.Earlier in the inquest, the jury heard from Government analyst Desiree Spriggs that compounds left in the victim’s blood showed that the heroin in Mr Outerbridge’s system must have killed him within seven to 20 minutes of ingestion.Continued Mr Bean: “When Ferguson came, I started locking everyone down ... I went to [cell] 28 to speak to Garrett Burrows. He was moved to another cell because we obviously couldn’t let him stay in the other cell. I asked him what Outerbridge was doing in his cell, and he told me they always visited each other’s cells and talked. I asked what had happened, and he said that he and Outerbridge were just talking, when all of a sudden he went into some shakes and fell down. Burrows thought he was joking, then called out for help.“I asked him if that was it, and he said, ‘yes, that’s it.’”With Mr Burrows’ room now the subject of an investigation, cell 38 was locked shut.Mr Bean continued: “Later on, at about 9.45am, while informing inmates they would remain in their cells for the morning, inmate Darrell wanted to see me.”Toronto Darrell, on friendly terms with the victim, had been among those on the scene attempting to revive Mr Outerbridge.After going to Mr Darrell’s cell, Mr Bean told the court: “He told me that whatever happened to Outerbridge was an overdose of heroin.”Asked by Sgt Raynor if the jail was checked for contraband, the officer replied: “That’s part of the job.”Mr Bean said the interior and exterior of the facility got checked, but not at set times.Delayed after a jury member took ill, the inquest into Mr Outerbridge’s death is expected to resume on Monday, according to Magistrate Juan Wolffe. The jury is expected to make its ruling on the matter early next week.