The report by Rob Allen, the director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, recommended the formation of the teams after reviewing how 16- to 25-year-olds fare in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
His report, Lost in Transition Three Years On, found little improvement in the way young adult offenders were dealt with since the trust's Commission on Young Adults in the Criminal Justice System published its report in 2005.
He said specialist teams to help adult prisoners could deliver improvements and reduce offending.
"One option would be initially to limit the responsibility of the team to the young adult age group of 18 to 24," the report said. "A dedicated team of staff from probation, health employment and police could be given responsibility for the supervision of all young offenders in the 18 to 21 age range."
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