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Gary Hornbaker, who served as the prison’s warden from 2006 until it closed down the next year, shares details about it with open house visitors Sunday. The prison is being deconstructed, and Mr. Hornbaker said reuse of some of the prison’s property at other correctional centers has saved about $140,000 so far. Reused items include plumbing fixtures, cell doors and fencing. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People walk through a gated area to enter the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, Md., during an open house Sunday. The prison was built in 1879 and closed in 2007 after the deaths of two correctional officers. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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The view looking down one of the cellblock corridors is forbidding at the now-closed prison, referred to by its involuntary inhabitants as “the House” or “the Cut.” It had no air conditioning. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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People who said they have family members in the Sikh temple on South Howell Ave. in Oak Creek, Mich., where a shooting occurred wait together for more information on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)

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Fisherman Daniel Edwards bails his small wooden skiff out in Port Royal, a fishing village just outside of Kingston, Jamaica, Sunday Aug. 5, 2012. Tropical Storm Ernesto is pushing for a brush with Jamaica on Sunday. (AP photo/David McFadden)

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** FILE ** In this Thursday, July 26, 2007, file photo, Garrett Reid, son of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, leaves a courtroom in Norristown, Pa., after pleading guilty to drug and traffic offenses. Garrett Reid was found dead Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in his room at training camp at Lehigh University. Police say "there were no suspicious activities." (AP Photo/Mark Stehle, File)

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Kurt Suzuki will provide a veteran presence behind the plate for the Nationals. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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One of two, 3-month-old cheetah cubs rests in the shade while on public view at the National Zoo, in Washington, on Saturday, July 28, 2012. The cubs are trying out their first week on limited view to the public. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Two Prince George’s County police officers pose with the iPhone of New York Times writer David Pogue after finding the device Thursday. The journalist used a Twitter post to spark a viral search for his missing phone.

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President Obama greets patrons at Lechonera El Barrio, a local restaurant in Orlando, Fla., on the stump on Thursday. “They have tried to sell us this trickle-down tax-cut fairy dust before,” Mr. Obama said. (Associated Press)