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On November 14, 1983, Tiers 4 and 5 of Building 1, Section A were in use as an “Emergency Housing Unit,” or “EHU.”
The EHU had been created on October 3, 1983, in the aftermath of an incident on September 14, 1983, when a black inmate was stabbed to death by an inmate of Hispanic descent.
Most inmates confined in the EHU had been placed there because they were identified by prison authorities as associated with gangs responsible for inter-racial violence.
The two EHU tiers were segregated according to race and gang affiliation.
Thus, Tier 4 housed only black inmates, approximately 30 in number, many of whom were identified with a prison gang known as the Black Guerrilla Family.
Tier 5 housed only Hispanic inmates, also about 30 in number, many of whom were identified with another prison gang, the Mexican Mafia.
The Black Guerrilla Family and the Mexican Mafia are believed by prison authorities to be mutually hostile.
Toussaint v. McCarthy, 597 F. Supp. 1427 (N.D. Cal. 1984). US District Court for the Northern District of California – 597 F. Supp. 1427 (N.D. Cal. 1984). October 18, 1984
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