Dooly and Telfair State Prisons as-built plans: GSFIC's project and storage indexes (request withdrawn)
GPS asked GSFIC for an index of the as-built plans it holds for Department of Corrections prisons, and for the as-built plans of Dooly and Telfair State Prisons. GSFIC said it has no index of as-built plan sets, released an index of GSFIC projects, and withheld the plans under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a)(25)(A)(iv), which covers plans that could compromise security if made public. When GPS narrowed the request to records stating each prison's bed or cell count, GSFIC found a Dooly State Prison project it completed in 2005, sent the State Records Center index of its stored boxes and the Center's fee schedule, and estimated the search would cost over $500. GPS withdrew the request on September 23, 2026.
Status: GPS withdrew the request on September 23, 2026, declining GSFIC's estimate of over $500 to search off-site storage for the 2005 Dooly project records. The as-built plans were withheld under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a)(25)(A)(iv).
Documents as released (4)
| Document | Received | File |
|---|---|---|
| Index of GSFIC projects, with funding and payments GSFIC project list (6,817 rows) giving agency, project number and title, county, status, bond series, legislative authorization, budget and payments; released September 17, 2026. It lists GDC79, "Dooly Prison-Dorm Addition", a closed project funded from the 2005A bond issue. | September 17, 2026 | XLSX, 2.5 MB |
| GSFIC projects list with records-disposition worksheets GSFIC workbook listing projects by number with status, bond issue and the year their records may be destroyed, with worksheets of box contents named for dates from November 2020 to April 2021; released September 22, 2026. | September 22, 2026 | XLSX, 336 KB |
| State Records Center index of GSFIC's stored boxes 1,704 entries for boxes of GSFIC records held at the State Records Center, by title, box and consignment number, retention schedule and destruction date; released September 22, 2026. | September 22, 2026 | XLSX, 111 KB |
| State Records Center fee schedule, fiscal year 2027 One page of storage, retrieval, copying and delivery charges (for example $2.00 to retrieve a file and $0.34 a page to copy or scan); released September 22, 2026. | September 22, 2026 | PDF, 1 p., 78 KB |
What we asked for
Sent through: Email to GSFIC's open-records address (openrecords@gsfic.ga.gov)
What happened
| September 16, 2026 | Request filed by email to GSFIC. |
| September 17, 2026 | GSFIC said it has no index of as-built plan sets and released an index of GSFIC projects, which leaves out projects older than its eBonds system. It withheld the as-built plans under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a)(25)(A)(iv), said older project records are stored at the State Records Center and State Archives, and said it had asked for their indexes. |
| September 22, 2026 | GPS replaced items 2 and 3 with a narrower request: any GSFIC record stating the number of beds or cells built at Dooly and Telfair State Prisons. |
| September 22, 2026 | GSFIC found a Dooly State Prison project it completed in 2005, with its records in off-site storage. It sent the storage index, a list of GSFIC projects and the State Records Center fee schedule, and estimated the search would cost over $500. |
| September 23, 2026 | GPS declined the estimate and asked GSFIC to close the request. |
Cost
$0.00: No fee charged. GSFIC estimated over $500 to retrieve and review off-site boxes; GPS declined and withdrew the request.
Machine-readable
- JSON: https://gps.press/records/gsfic-20260916/?format=json
- Markdown: https://gps.press/records/gsfic-20260916.md
- REST API: https://gps.press/wp-json/gps-public-records/v1/requests/GSFIC-20260916