What Is Omega? Understanding Arkansas's 90–180 Day Supervision Sanction Program
Omega is Arkansas's short-term sanction program for men who've had technical violations on parole or post-release supervision. Here's what to expect day-to-day, why stays run 90–180 days, and how the structure affects family contact.
Omega is a Supervision Sanction Center - a treatment-focused alternative for men who've broken supervision rules like parole conditions, not for serving new criminal sentences. Residents stay 90 to 180 days. Each person gets assigned a counselor who helps pinpoint what led to the violation and what needs to change for supervision to stick this time.
Stays at Omega run 90–180 days. That timeframe is intentional - Omega functions as a structured reset, not long-term incarceration. The goal is to address whatever caused the technical violation so the person can return to supervision better equipped to follow conditions and avoid cycling back through jail or prison.
- Go through intake - Admission starts with an intake process when your loved one arrives at the center.
- Complete orientation - After intake, residents go through orientation so expectations and routines are clear from the start.
- Get assigned a counselor - Each resident is assigned a counselor who helps identify barriers to successfully completing parole or post-release supervision.
- Settle into the daily routine - Residents attend classes for half the day and work for half the day as part of the program structure.
Programming focuses on practical, behavior-based classes: anger management, relationships, substance abuse and relapse prevention, job readiness, and reentry planning. Residents without a GED take GED classes alongside the treatment curriculum, so educational gaps can be addressed during the stay.
Visitation timing: Residents are permitted visitors only during the last two weekends of their stay.
- ✓ Send money by Postal Money Order or through online resident deposits via the ACC website; funds are credited to the resident’s commissary account.
- ✓ If you’re trying to help with phone access, deposits can also be applied to the resident’s pre-pay phone account.
- ✓ Keep photos simple and appropriate; residents may only have five photos at one time.
- ✓ If you want to send books, they must come directly from the publisher.
Omega runs on a tight schedule - half the day in classes, half working. That pace is also why family contact feels limited. Visitation only happens during the last two weekends of the stay. If you want to support someone while they're there, practical help goes furthest: put funds on their account for commissary and phone calls, send a small set of appropriate photos (five-photo limit), and order books directly from the publisher so they don't get rejected.
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