The Executive Council has agreed to renew the state’s lease with Hillsborough County for continued use of the old county jail in Goffstown as the state’s women’s prison, at a cost of $2.5 million, even though a new $48 million prison for women in Concord is scheduled for completion in a matter of weeks.

The new prison should be ready for occupancy by late October or early November, according to the Department of Corrections, but the department is way behind schedule in hiring the people needed to run it. | More…

| New Hampshire.com