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Damian Hinds MP acknowledged that “there is a watershed moment that happens on your 18th birthday”, when someone transitions from Youth Offending Services to the adult Probation Service. 262 He questioned: “That is not how human beings are, is it? It is now pretty broadly recognised in the academic community—probably you cannot be quite this precise, but this is the general picture—young people’s brains are not fully developed until they are 25.” 263