LYNCHBURG, Va. – A 14-hour standoff at the Lynchburg Jail ended Wednesday morning with no injuries.

The incident started Tuesday evening when a large group of inmates barricaded themselves inside the building.

Negotiators worked through the night to convince the prisoners to surrender.

Inmates at the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center in downtown Lynchburg took over a maximum security housing unit of the jail around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority Administrator Josh Salmon said at a news conference Wednesday. Correctional officers were able to get out safely and notify supervisors. During the barricade, inmates damaged property and destroyed equipment in the unit, Salmon said.

Over the next 14 hours, local, state and federal officials worked to resolve the situation safely and managed to relocate all of the inmates without using force, Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema said, noting the restraint of the people involved.

“I think it can be used as an example of how we can take a very trying, difficult situation and resolve it peacefully, without any injuries, without any use of force and ultimately bring some type of calm back to the chaos that was last night,” he said.

There were 66 inmates barricaded inside the 48-cell housing unit and there was damage to equipment inside the unit, Salmon said. There was damage to cell windows and areas officers use for daily activities and camera systems on the unit were “drastically affected,” he said. The unit will be out of service for a time, but it’s not clear how long, he said.

The situation was quelled only hours before the news conference and it was not immediately clear what sparked the situation, but there will be a thorough investigation, Salmon said.

Officials had not noticed a recent uptick in complaints about conditions in the unit, Salmon said. While the jail is understaffed, the staffing Tuesday night was adequate and the situation did not happen because of staffing conditions, he said.