Well I had seem some pretty fucked up shit BUT never seem anyone kicked out, There was one girl there she was so awfull that she was kept in a closet for months on end her and and empty mattress the P.O. that would sit in the door 24-7 I offten wonder what ever happened to her. But even with that she was not kicked out,,,
When I first got to Elan they say *Its the last program and you cannot be kicked out*. Well during my 8-9 month stay I have seen 6 people kicked out. People that were in the corner and defying the program all the way through, so yes one can be kicked out.
Elan will try to tolerate as much as they can, and continue to do so.
But after months of being in the corner, or commiting a serious violation, people were kicked out.
Some of the reasons vary, but I recall some instances. One teen knocked a chick up and she refused to get an abortion, A huge GM was even held over this because she wanted to keep her child. Gottlieb & Kruglick painted a picture of her as a whore. They even tried to make her wear a sign that read something like this: *Please confront me as to why I am a whore and why I refuse to terminate a pregnancy by mistake* Real fuckin cruel IMO. I later heard from an old peer that the 2 of them got married and raised their Son.
Another person was kicked out for assaulting a staff member, and was removed from Elan via the police and was sent to prison. He was @ Elan as an alternative to prison and I guess the *Self proclaimed therapists* that worked @ Elan had Zero tolerance because of his violent back ground.
Others were kicked out for continous breaking cardinal rules *having sex*, and one for running away from Elan one too many times.
So the answer to the question is Yes, one can be kicked out of Elan.
Whether or not it is still happening in todays Elan, thats a question I couldn't answer. But as far as in 87-88 people were kicked out.
