Corrections Commissioner William Hart (back) listens Wednesday as councilors, left to right, Janet Stevens, Karen Liot Hill, and Joe Kenney question him and debate a contract for a new men's prison. (Photo by William Skipworth/New Hampshire Bulletin)

After a tense debate Wednesday, the New Hampshire Executive Council killed a nearly $36 million design contract for a new prison in Concord — a project that has been lingering on the state’s to-do list for years — over concerns that the Corrections Department and Public Works didn’t do enough to get the best deal.

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