context: Defendants are warranted in their concern that providing ready access to fire, hot rocks, and an enclosed area inaccessible to outside view would compromise the safety and security of the Treatment Center.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 534 F.3d 931, 939
citation_a.parenthetical: DOC prohibition on sweat lodge was in furtherance of compelling government interest
citation_a.sentence: See Fowler v. Crawford, 534 F.3d 931, 939 (8th Cir. 2008) (DOC prohibition on sweat lodge was in furtherance of compelling government interest); see also Ventura v. Felts, 2008 WL 5412264 at *4 (N.D.Tex. 2008) (denying prisoner request for sweat lodge based on legitimate penological interests in maintaining security and safety).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 2008 WL 5412264, at *4
citation_b.parenthetical: denying prisoner request for sweat lodge based on legitimate penological interests in maintaining security and safety
citation_b.sentence: See Fowler v. Crawford, 534 F.3d 931, 939 (8th Cir. 2008) (DOC prohibition on sweat lodge was in furtherance of compelling government interest); see also Ventura v. Felts, 2008 WL 5412264 at *4 (N.D.Tex. 2008) (denying prisoner request for sweat lodge based on legitimate penological interests in maintaining security and safety).