When Can You Visit Someone at Omega? Understanding the Last-Two-Weekends Rule

Omega only allows visits during the last two weekends of a resident's stay. That's it. If you're planning travel, knowing this rule is the difference between a smooth visit and showing up when the doors are closed to visitors.

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You'll also need approval before you can visit. The resident sends a visitation application to each person he wants to see, and you return the completed form to Omega for approval. Start this early - you don't want to be chasing paperwork right when the visiting window finally opens.

When visits are allowed, they happen on weekends only: Saturday and Sunday, from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

Omega isn't a long-term prison placement. It's a supervision sanction program - a 90-day minimum treatment program for male offenders with technical parole or post-release supervision violations. Residents stay 90–180 days as a sanction (not a court sentence). During that time, each resident works with an assigned counselor and attends classes like Anger Management and Substance Abuse. The schedule prioritizes treatment and reentry work, with visitation saved for the final stretch.

Planning Tips

• ✓ Ask the resident to send you the visitation application early so you’re not rushing when the last two weekends arrive
• ✓ Return the completed application to Omega as directed so it can be approved before you travel
• ✓ Don’t assume you can visit without approval - get confirmation through the resident that you’re on the approved list

1. Pick the correct weekend - plan around the resident’s last two weekends, since those are the only weekends visits are permitted.
2. Aim for an early arrival - visitation runs Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and arriving near the start helps you use as much of that window as possible.
3. Build in buffer time - if you arrive close to 4:00 PM, you risk missing the chance to visit altogether.

• ✓ Keep your group small: no more than five visitors are allowed in the visitation room at one time, and that total includes minor children
• ✓ If more than five people want to come, coordinate ahead of time so you don’t arrive with too many visitors

If you can’t be there in person - or if not everyone can make the trip - support doesn’t have to stop. Omega accepts Postal Money Orders and Online Resident Deposits through the ACC website; once funds are received, they’re credited to the resident’s account for commissary, and deposits can also be applied to the resident’s Pre-Pay Phone Service Account. Just know that residents generally can’t receive incoming phone calls; the only exceptions listed are calls from an attorney or calls authorized by the Center Administrator.

If you can't make it during those last two weekends, focus on what's still available. Send money through Postal Money Orders or Online Resident Deposits via the ACC website - funds go toward commissary and can cover the Pre-Pay Phone Service Account. Keep phone expectations realistic, though. Residents can't receive calls unless it's from an attorney or the Center Administrator approves it. Coordinate communication plans directly with the resident ahead of time.

Conclusion

• ✓ Confirm the visit will fall during the resident’s last two weekends at Omega
• ✓ Plan for Saturday or Sunday only, between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM
• ✓ Make sure the resident sent you a visitation application and that your completed application was returned to Omega for approval
• ✓ Coordinate your group size: no more than five visitors total in the visitation room at one time (including minor children)