Ron Tipton

Senior VP for Programs, National Parks Conservation Association

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Senior Vice President for Programs at the National Parks Conservation Association, an advocacy group in Washington, DC

Ron Tipton on KCRW

California prisons now house 172,000 inmates--twice as many as they were designed to house.  The healthcare system is so bad it's in federal receivership.

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