Corrections.com Locks Up Criminal Justice News Online.Business/Technology Editors QUINCY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2000 In a time when justice/crime news sites and other dot-com start-ups are coming under increasingly heavy scrutiny, losing financial backing or meeting with public skepticism, Corrections.com (receiving just shy of 4 million hits per month) remains a constant weekly news resource in the criminal justice and corrections fields. Launched in February of 1996 with just two people, Corrections.com has withstood the test of time. "After all," laughs Laura E. Noonan, President and co-founder, "four years is a very long time in the land of dot-coms." The company, which became profitable in its second year of business and has grown at a rate of almost 200% annually, began as a 25-page site. Today it exceeds 10,000 pages. "Our reporters have gained the industry's trust and have open access to correctional facilities and administrators," explains Michelle Gaseau, Corrections.com's Managing Editor. "As a result, we've become an authority on subjects pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to corrections and criminal justice. ABC News
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