[11] Initially based in its founding location of Utah, SAC has since branched out across the nation, now having members in several state correctional facilities along with the federal prison system.

Prior to that, Steve Swena alleges that his brother was a non-racist who was once a part of a multi-racial street gang and an avid fan of hip hop music.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, SAC members rose through the ranks by committing violence against Hispanic and black inmates chosen at random.

Throughout the group's history, there have also been instances of death threats, arms trafficking, courthouse violence[16] and other crimes, including orchestrated assaults on prison guards.

An arrest warrant had been issued for Biswell following an incident in West Valley City, Utah, where he reportedly threatened two women and an infant child with a firearm over a traffic dispute.

[18] Biswell, who was out on parole, fled with his girlfriend Kortni Grimm – also wanted for child endangerment in a separate incident – to the Amenity Inn motel in Provo, Utah.

Rhone had been serving a life sentence for a 1997 armed robbery in Washington, D.C.[24] Snarr and Garcia were indicted in 2009 and charged with first-degree murder.

On March 3, 2016, SAC members Christopher Cramer and Ricky Fackrell fatally stabbed inmate Leo Johns at USP Beaumont.

In October 2020, 21 members of the SAC, Silent Aryan Warriors, and Noble Elect Thugs were charged in Utah with distribution of drugs – including heroin and 1.65 pounds (0.75 kg) of methamphetamine – and firearms following a joint local-federal investigation that began in June 2019.