What hiring someone who served 20 years in prison taught us about loyalty at work

Brian Koehn and

January 18, 2026, 8:05 AM ET

Brian Koehn is the founder of Social Purpose Corrections and one of the most diverse experienced correctional operators in the United States, with a career that includes serving in multiple correctional warden roles and leading operations across multiple incarceration models. Adam Claussen is an executive at Social Purpose Corrections who served 20 years of a 213-year sentence in the federal prison system and now works on workforce development and reentry outcomes.