Georgia State Senator Eric Johnson spearheaded the “Know Thy Neighbor Act” in 1997 which required that the Board of Pardons and Paroles create an online database through which citizens could ascertain the addresses and respective crimes of the state’s parolees. The Geogia Parolee Database is now available on the web, and users may access information by zipcode, name of parolee, or inmate number on 22,000 individuals in the system.