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    "meta": {
        "source": "Georgia Prisoners' Speak, open-records requests and the documents agencies released",
        "note": "Records requested under the Georgia Open Records Act (O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq.), by Georgia Prisoners' Speak or, where a page says so, by another person or group who shared them with GPS. Documents marked \"as released\" are posted exactly as the agency released them. Files marked \"prepared by GPS\" are GPS's own compilations of those documents, made for convenience; where they differ, the released document governs. A request is published here when GPS cites it or when its records are useful to readers; records about individual deaths are published on GPS's mortality pages, not here.",
        "generated_at": "2026-10-30T05:53:41+00:00",
        "documentation": "https://gps.press/records/",
        "rest": "https://gps.press/wp-json/gps-public-records/v1/requests"
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        "ref": "R029786-061826",
        "url": "https://gps.press/records/r029786-061826/",
        "title": "GDC's men's and women's menus, standardized recipes and nutrient analysis, 2025 to 2026",
        "agency": "Georgia Department of Corrections",
        "agency_short": "GDC",
        "channel": "GDC Open Records (GovQA portal)",
        "requested_by": "Georgia Prisoners' Speak",
        "shared_with_gps": false,
        "summary": "What GDC says it serves: the 28-day regular menus for men's and women's prisons (May 2026), the standardized recipe card for every menu item with its portion size, serving-size sheets for both menus, and the average daily nutrients for the regular and therapeutic diets (June 2025). GDC first estimated $1,320.00 for the full set of recipes. The request was narrowed, and GDC released the menus and nutrient sheet on July 29, 2026 and 12 recipe cards plus a product label on September 10, invoicing $255.75. On October 21, 2026, GDC's General Counsel emailed the complete recipe sets for the men's and women's menus (the two sets are the same 109 cards) and the serving-size sheets.",
        "request_text": "Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. (Georgia Prisoners' Speak), a Georgia nonprofit investigative-journalism organization, requests copies of the following records held by the Department and/or the Georgia Correctional Industries Administration (Food and Farm Services): 1. The current Master Menu — the approved cyclical (28-day) menu referenced in SOP 409.04.02, as maintained by Food and Farm Services' Central Office Registered Dietitian, for male facilities (and female, if maintained separately), in effect during FY2025 and FY2026. 2. The standardized recipes for that Master Menu, including portion sizes / serving yields for each item. 3. The certified nutritional analysis of the Master Menu — the document by which the Registered Dietitian certifies its nutritional content, including average daily caloric value, under SOP 409.04.02 Section IV(B), for FY2025–FY2026. 4. Any substitution lists (SOP 409.04.02, Attachment 1) in effect during that period. We request electronic (PDF) delivery to accountability@gps.press or via this portal, agree to reasonable fees up to $50.00 (please notify before exceeding), and accept any redactions the Act requires. The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. (Georgia Prisoners' Speak) accountability@gps.press · https://gps.press 285 W Wieuca Rd NE, PMB #4153, Atlanta, GA 30342\n\nPlease be specific with your request to narrow our search and respond to you quickly and efficiently.",
        "date_filed": "2026-06-18",
        "date_last_response": "2026-10-21",
        "status": "fulfilled",
        "status_label": "Fulfilled",
        "status_note": "All of the requested records have been released: the menus and nutrient sheet (July 29), 12 recipe cards (September 10), and the complete recipe sets and serving-size sheets (October 21, 2026).",
        "fee_amount": 255.75,
        "fee_note": "GDC first estimated $1,320.00 for the full set (July 9, 2026). After the request was narrowed it estimated 8 hours at $33.00 an hour (August 31) and invoiced $255.75 on September 10, the first quarter hour free.",
        "timeline": [
            {
                "date": "2026-06-18",
                "event": "Request filed through GDC's open-records portal."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-07-09",
                "event": "GDC estimated $1,320.00 to produce the recipes for both menus."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-07-20",
                "event": "The request was narrowed; GDC confirmed its nutritionist could produce the records."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-07-29",
                "event": "GDC released the May 2026 men's and women's regular menus and the June 2025 average daily nutrients sheet."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-08-31",
                "event": "GDC estimated 12 recipes (3 pages each) and one pre-portioned item at 8 hours, $33.00 an hour; the estimate was accepted."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-09-10",
                "event": "GDC released the 12 recipe cards and a beef patty product label, and issued invoice INV26-R029786-1 for $255.75."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-10-02",
                "event": "Call with GDC's General Counsel about the remaining recipes."
            },
            {
                "date": "2026-10-21",
                "event": "GDC's General Counsel emailed the recipe cards for the men's and women's menus and the serving-size sheets for both."
            }
        ],
        "topics": [
            "food",
            "menus",
            "recipes",
            "nutrition",
            "gdc"
        ],
        "cited_in": [],
        "published_at": "2026-10-28 20:07:45",
        "updated_at": "2026-10-28 20:07:45",
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