Inmates exposed to 'superbug,' lawsuits say

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Lonnie Napier says he was infected with the flesh-eating bacteria at the Laurel County Detention Center, and that his wound grew so gangrenous that a portion of his scrotum had to be removed. Advertisement Martel Chapman said she was infected in the Hardin County jail after being forced to share a cell with women who had draining sores and boils. Scott Wooler said he caught it in the Hickman County Detention Center when he helped another inmate change his leaking bandages. All three claim in lawsuits that they were infected with the painful, disfiguring and potentially fatal penicillin-resistant staph infection known as MRSA -- or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- while incarcerated.