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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2004</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>51-0332317<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>105 Westpark Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>America Service Group Inc.<BR>
Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full Title of the Plan)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Jean L. Byassee, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President,<BR>
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary<BR>
America Service Group Inc.<BR>
105 Westpark Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(615)&nbsp;376-1317<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
G. Roth Kehoe II<BR>
King &#038; Spalding LLP<BR>
191 Peachtree Street<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303<BR>
(404)&nbsp;572-4600</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">849,774</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">36.995</TD>
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    <TD align="right">31,437,390</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers
such indeterminate number of additional securities as may become issuable
under the plans as the result of any future stock splits, stock dividends
or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">America Service Group Inc. is filing this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to complete the registration of
shares of its common stock that may be issued under the Amended and
Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan. America Service Group Inc. has
previously registered 776,226 shares of common stock that may be
issued under the Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive
Stock Plan pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed
September 23, 2004, and a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on
September 29, 2004 (No. 333-119226). This Registration Statement on
Form S-8 registers the remaining 849,774 shares of common stock that
may be issued under the Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan.
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act on the basis
of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant&#146;s common
stock as quoted on The Nasdaq National Market on September 23, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference:</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g91094exv5w1.txt">EX-5.1  OPINION OF KING & SPALDING LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g91094exv23w1.txt">EX-23.1  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;America
Service Group Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8
to complete the registration of shares of its common stock that may
be issued under the Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan.
America Service Group Inc. has previously registered 776,226 shares
of common stock that may be issued under the Amended and Restated
1999 Incentive Stock Plan pursuant to a Registration Statement on
Form S-8, filed September 23, 2004, and a Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 filed on September 29, 2004 (No. 333-119226). This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registers the remaining 849,774 shares of
common stock that may be issued under the Amended and Restated 1999
Incentive Stock Plan.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be sent
or given to participants in the America Service Group Inc. Amended and Restated
1999 Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with
the instructions of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents that America Service Group Inc. (&#147;ASG&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) has previous filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:


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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 and June 30, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March
31, 2004, May&nbsp;26, 2004, August&nbsp;26, 2004, September 23, 2004, September 27, 2004 and September&nbsp;29, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>the information set forth under Item 5 of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 30,
2004 and July 2, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in
a Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
November&nbsp;18, 1991 (File No.&nbsp;0-19673), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.



<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) permits a
Delaware corporation to indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents for
actions taken in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in,
or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to
any criminal action, which they had no reasonable cause to believe was
unlawful. The DGCL provides that a corporation may pay expenses (including
attorney&#146;s fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, and must reimburse a
successful defendant for expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and
reasonably incurred, and permits a corporation to purchase and maintain
liability insurance for its directors and officers. The DGCL provides that
indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which a
person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent a court determines that the
person is entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">ASG&#146;s bylaws provide that ASG shall, to the full extent permitted by the laws
of Delaware, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director,
officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans. ASG shall pay the expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees)
incurred by a person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such
payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall
be made by ASG only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all
amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not
entitled to be indemnified. In addition, ASG&#146;s certificate of incorporation
provides that no director shall be personally liable to ASG or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1)&nbsp;for
any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to ASG or its stockholders, (2)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;for willful or negligent conduct in paying
dividends or repurchasing stock out of other than lawfully available funds or
(4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. This provision does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director
for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision became
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:


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    <TD>Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan of the
Registrant, effective June&nbsp;16, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference from
Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule
14A for the 2004 annual meeting of the Registrant&#146;s stockholders).</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
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    <TD>Certificate of Designation of the Series&nbsp;A Convertible
Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;10,
1999).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">4.4</TD>
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    <TD>Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2004).
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    <TD>Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly
Report on 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">4.6</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of King &#038; Spalding LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of King &#038; Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof).</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.



<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by
Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">



<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I>
offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on this 28th day of September, 2004.


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jean
L. Byassee
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Jean L. Byassee&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Catalano and Jean L. Byassee,
and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

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    <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="51%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael Catalano<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael Catalano</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael W. Taylor<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael W. Taylor</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William D. Eberle<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
William D. Eberle</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Burton C. Einspruch, M.D.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Burton C. Einspruch, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael E. Gallagher<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael E. Gallagher</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Carol R. Goldberg<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Carol R. Goldberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard M. Mastaler<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard M. Mastaler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard D. Wright<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard D. Wright</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice Chairman of Operations and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 28, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan of the
Registrant, effective June&nbsp;16, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference
from Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A for the 2004 annual meeting of the Registrant&#146;s
stockholders).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of the Series&nbsp;A Convertible
Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
February&nbsp;10, 1999).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30,
2004).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report
on 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of King &#038; Spalding LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of King &#038; Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
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AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC.
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2004
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_______________
AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
51-0332317
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
105 Westpark Drive
Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
_______________
America Service Group Inc.
Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
_______________
Jean L. Byassee, Esq.
Senior Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
America Service Group Inc.
105 Westpark Drive
Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 376-1317
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
G. Roth Kehoe II
King & Spalding LLP
191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 572-4600
_______________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
to be Registered(1)(2)
Share(3)
Price(3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share
849,774
$
36.995
$
31,437,390
$
3,983.12
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers
such indeterminate number of additional securities as may become issuable
under the plans as the result of any future stock splits, stock dividends
or similar adjustment of the Registrant's common stock.
(2)
America Service Group Inc. is filing this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to complete the registration of
shares of its common stock that may be issued under the Amended and
Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan. America Service Group Inc. has
previously registered 776,226 shares of common stock that may be
issued under the Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive
Stock Plan pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed
September 23, 2004, and a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on
September 29, 2004 (No. 333-119226). This Registration Statement on
Form S-8 registers the remaining 849,774 shares of common stock that
may be issued under the Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act on the basis
of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant's common
stock as quoted on The Nasdaq National Market on September 23, 2004.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference:
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1  OPINION OF KING & SPALDING LLP
EX-23.1  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
America
Service Group Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8
to complete the registration of shares of its common stock that may
be issued under the Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan.
America Service Group Inc. has previously registered 776,226 shares
of common stock that may be issued under the Amended and Restated
1999 Incentive Stock Plan pursuant to a Registration Statement on
Form S-8, filed September 23, 2004, and a Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 filed on September 29, 2004 (No. 333-119226). This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registers the remaining 849,774 shares of
common stock that may be issued under the Amended and Restated 1999
Incentive Stock Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
or given to participants in the America Service Group Inc. Amended and Restated
1999 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan"), as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with
the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference:
The following documents that America Service Group Inc. ("ASG" or the
"Registrant") has previous filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2003;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly periods ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March
31, 2004, May 26, 2004, August 26, 2004, September 23, 2004, September 27, 2004 and September 29, 2004;
(d)
the information set forth under Item 5 of the
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 30,
2004 and July 2, 2004; and
(e)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in
a Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
November 18, 1991 (File No. 0-19673), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") permits a
Delaware corporation to indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents for
actions taken in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in,
or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to
any criminal action, which they had no reasonable cause to believe was
unlawful. The DGCL provides that a corporation may pay expenses (including
attorney's fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, and must reimburse a
successful defendant for expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and
reasonably incurred, and permits a corporation to purchase and maintain
liability insurance for its directors and officers. The DGCL provides that
indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which a
person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent a court determines that the
person is entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
ASG's bylaws provide that ASG shall, to the full extent permitted by the laws
of Delaware, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that
he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director,
officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans. ASG shall pay the expenses (including attorney's fees)
incurred by a person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such
payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall
be made by ASG only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all
amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not
entitled to be indemnified. In addition, ASG's certificate of incorporation
provides that no director shall be personally liable to ASG or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that
such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to ASG or its stockholders, (2)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (3) for willful or negligent conduct in paying
dividends or repurchasing stock out of other than lawfully available funds or
(4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. This provision does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director
for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision became
effective.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1
Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan of the
Registrant, effective June 16, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference from
Appendix B to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement on Schedule
14A for the 2004 annual meeting of the Registrant's stockholders).
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June 30, 2002).
4.3
Certificate of Designation of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 10,
1999).
4.4
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004).
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4.5
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002).
4.6
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002).
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on this 28th day of September, 2004.
AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC.
By:
/s/ Jean
L. Byassee
Jean L. Byassee
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Catalano and Jean L. Byassee,
and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
/s/ Michael Catalano
Michael Catalano
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
September 28, 2004
/s/ Michael W. Taylor
Michael W. Taylor
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
September 28, 2004
/s/ William D. Eberle
William D. Eberle
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ Burton C. Einspruch, M.D.
Burton C. Einspruch, M.D.
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ Michael E. Gallagher
Michael E. Gallagher
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ Carol R. Goldberg
Carol R. Goldberg
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ Richard M. Mastaler
Richard M. Mastaler
Director
September 28, 2004
/s/ Richard D. Wright
Richard D. Wright
Vice Chairman of Operations and Director
September 28, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan of the
Registrant, effective June 16, 2004 (incorporated herein by reference
from Appendix B to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement on
Schedule 14A for the 2004 annual meeting of the Registrant's
stockholders).
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002).
4.3
Certificate of Designation of the Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
February 10, 1999).
4.4
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30,
2004).
4.5
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended June 30, 2002).
4.6
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report
on 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002).
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereof).
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