Yeah, there is and there is a major difference. You dealt with adults....big time losers and your main job was to keep them comfined and keep them from killing you or one another....a thankless job at best.
My job, on the other hand, besides the things outlined above, was to try to work with, influence as an intelligent male adult (which many of them never knew), educate them in the proper way to live in the world, convince them that our chaplin could do them some good, teach them a respect for females which few of them had, keep them from thinking that they were getting away with anything, insist that they accomplished what our school was trying to teach them (MANY got their G.E.D's,)and instill in them a pride in themselves that was not based on their street skills, their physical prowess, but their value as humans and men.
There is a whole lot of difference in keeping a lion in a cage and helping a seriously misguided youth get back on the right track....and in my opinion only, you are sliding a little.
We both had a job to do. I am sure yours seems thankless at times too. My last 11 years, was spent in the nut ward. We spent a lot of time trying to straighten out those nut cases. One day, they brought a guy in who was going ballistic. 8 hours later, after getting shot up with meds, he was fine, and told me that he hoped he didn't hurt anybody. I assured him he did not. I have seen everything in the nut ward.
I'm NOT touching that one.......