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Texas Republican asks state to rename several of the state's prisons honoring slave owners

There are 99 state prisons and jails in the state, and several of which are named after people with racist and sometimes violent histories, according to The Marshall Project.

Prison staff and inmates move through the Darrington Unit's main hallway on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.

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