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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;31, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>America Service Group Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>51-0332317</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>105 Westpark Drive, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>America Service Group Inc.<BR>
2009 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>J. Scott King<BR>
105 Westpark Drive, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, TN 37027</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(615)&nbsp;376-1323</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>G. Roth Kehoe II<BR>
Hunton &#038; Williams LLP<BR>
Bank of America Plaza<BR>
600 Peachtree Street<BR>
Atlanta, GA 30308<BR>
(404)&nbsp;888-4056</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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                    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share
(&#147;Common Stock&#148;)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the above-named plan by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
our outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee. In accordance with
Rules&nbsp;457(h)(1) and 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, the maximum offering price
per share and maximum aggregate offering price shown are based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices reported for the registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market
on July&nbsp;29, 2009, which was $15.905 per share.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to
participants under the America Service Group Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the &#147;Note&#148; to 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 on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II
hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the
Securities Act.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by America Service Group Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the
Commission are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed with
the Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and six months ended June&nbsp;30,
2009, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;30, 2009.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4. The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;27, 2009;
February&nbsp;13, 2009; March&nbsp;3, 2009; March&nbsp;13, 2009; June&nbsp;10, 2009; June&nbsp;12, 2009 and July&nbsp;29, 2009.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5. The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No.&nbsp;0-19673) filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), on November&nbsp;18, 1991.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein
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 that is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of
the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with
an action or proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of such
position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if
such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that, in the case
of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such
indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102 of the DGCL, Article&nbsp;Tenth of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director of the Company will be
personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director; provided, however, that such provision does not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director: (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (or the corresponding provision
of any successor act or law); or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the DGCL, the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the &#147;By-Laws&#148;)
provide that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
losses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Pursuant to the By-Laws, if an action is by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification
shall be made if the person in question is adjudged liable to the Company, unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">in which such action suit or proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such liability which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper. The By-Laws also provide that the Company may, by action of
its Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees
and agents of the Company with the same scope and effect as the indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided to the Company&#146;s directors and officers pursuant to the By-Laws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The By-Laws also provide that (i)&nbsp;the indemnification provisions cover both present and former
directors and officers, (ii)&nbsp;eligible directors and officers may compel indemnification by the
Company; and (iii)&nbsp;subject to certain limitations and procedural requirements, the Company is
obligated to advance expenses when indemnification is available to an officer or director.
Pursuant to the By-Laws, indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted
pursuant to the By-Laws to directors and officers of the Company are contract rights which vest
upon such director or officer taking office. Pursuant to the By-Laws, any repeal, amendment or
modification of this contract right provision will not adversely affect any right or protection of
any present or former director or officer in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the
time of such repeal, amendment or modification.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<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 Certificate of Incorporation of America Service
Group Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three-month period
ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of America Service Group Inc. (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three month period ended June&nbsp;30, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">Amended and Restated By-Laws of America Service Group Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;3, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Hunton &#038; Williams LLP as to the legality of the securities
being registered (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <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">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">America Service Group Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference from Annex A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Ernst &#038; Young LLP (filed herewith).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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 Hunton &#038; Williams LLP (included as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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 law 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,
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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,
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3, and 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 Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 the
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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
31st day of July, 2009.
</DIV>

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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" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>America Service Group Inc.</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ MICHAEL W. TAYLOR
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Michael W. Taylor&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Director, Executive Vice President, Chief<br>
Financial Officer and Treasurer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. Each of the directors of America Service Group Inc. whose signature appears below hereby
appoints Michael W. Taylor and Richard Hallworth, and each of them individually, as his
attorney-in-fact to sign in his name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below, and to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments to this registration statement, making such changes in the registration statement as
appropriate, and generally to do all such things in their behalf in their capacities as directors
to enable America Service Group Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ RICHARD HALLWORTH
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard Hallworth
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer<BR>

(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL W. TAYLOR
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael W. Taylor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Director, Executive Vice President, <BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ RICHARD D. WRIGHT
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard D. Wright
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BURTON C. EINSPRUCH
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Burton C. Einspruch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM M. FENIMORE, JR.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William M. Fenimore, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOHN W. GILDEA
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John W. Gildea
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOHN C. MCCAULEY
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John C. McCauley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;31, 2009</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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 Certificate of Incorporation of
America Service Group Inc. (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three-month period ended June&nbsp;30,
2002).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of America Service Group Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three month
period ended June&nbsp;30, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of America Service Group Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on March&nbsp;3,
2009).</TD>
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    <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 Hunton &#038; Williams LLP as to the legality of the
securities being registered (filed herewith).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">America Service Group Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference from Annex A to the Company&#146;s
Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on
April&nbsp;30, 2009).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2009
Registration Statement 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
51-0332317
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
105 Westpark Drive, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee, 37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
America Service Group Inc.
2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
J. Scott King
105 Westpark Drive, Suite 200
Brentwood, TN 37027
(Name and address of agent for service)
(615) 376-1323
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
G. Roth Kehoe II
Hunton & Williams LLP
Bank of America Plaza
600 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 888-4056
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Class of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share
("Common Stock")
500,000 shares
$
15.905
$
7,952,500
$
443.75
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover an indeterminate number of
additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the above-named plan by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
our outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee. In accordance with
Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, the maximum offering price
per share and maximum aggregate offering price shown are based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices reported for the registrant's Common Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market
on July 29, 2009, which was $15.905 per share.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to
participants under the America Service Group Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). In accordance with the "Note" to 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 on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by America Service Group Inc. (the "Company") with the
Commission are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with
the Commission on March 5, 2009.
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the Commission on May 1, 2009.
3. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter and six months ended June 30,
2009, filed with the Commission on July 30, 2009.
4. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 27, 2009;
February 13, 2009; March 3, 2009; March 13, 2009; June 10, 2009; June 12, 2009 and July 29, 2009.
5. The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 0-19673) filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), on November 18, 1991.
All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein
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 that is
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any 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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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") allows a corporation to
eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of
the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with
an action or proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of such
position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if
such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that, in the case
of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such
indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
As permitted by Section 102 of the DGCL, Article Tenth of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director of the Company will be
personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director; provided, however, that such provision does not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL (or the corresponding provision
of any successor act or law); or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
As permitted by the DGCL, the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the "By-Laws")
provide that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent permitted by law
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
losses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Pursuant to the By-Laws, if an action is by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification
shall be made if the person in question is adjudged liable to the Company, unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court
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in which such action suit or proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such liability which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper. The By-Laws also provide that the Company may, by action of
its Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees
and agents of the Company with the same scope and effect as the indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided to the Company's directors and officers pursuant to the By-Laws.
The By-Laws also provide that (i) the indemnification provisions cover both present and former
directors and officers, (ii) eligible directors and officers may compel indemnification by the
Company; and (iii) subject to certain limitations and procedural requirements, the Company is
obligated to advance expenses when indemnification is available to an officer or director.
Pursuant to the By-Laws, indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted
pursuant to the By-Laws to directors and officers of the Company are contract rights which vest
upon such director or officer taking office. Pursuant to the By-Laws, any repeal, amendment or
modification of this contract right provision will not adversely affect any right or protection of
any present or former director or officer in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the
time of such repeal, amendment or modification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of America Service
Group Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period
ended June 30, 2002).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of America Service Group Inc. (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the three month period ended June 30, 2004).
4.3
Amended and Restated By-Laws of America Service Group Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2009).
5.1
Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the securities
being registered (filed herewith).
10.1
America Service Group Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference from Annex A to the Company's Definitive Proxy
Statement, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2009).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
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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,
(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 law 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)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and 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 Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 the
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
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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 Securities 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, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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
31st day of July, 2009.
America Service Group Inc.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ MICHAEL W. TAYLOR
Michael W. Taylor
Director, Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. Each of the directors of America Service Group Inc. whose signature appears below hereby
appoints Michael W. Taylor and Richard Hallworth, and each of them individually, as his
attorney-in-fact to sign in his name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below, and to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments to this registration statement, making such changes in the registration statement as
appropriate, and generally to do all such things in their behalf in their capacities as directors
to enable America Service Group Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ RICHARD HALLWORTH
Richard Hallworth
Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 31, 2009
/s/ MICHAEL W. TAYLOR
Michael W. Taylor
Director, Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July 31, 2009
/s/ RICHARD D. WRIGHT
Richard D. Wright
Director, Chairman of the Board
July 31, 2009
/s/ BURTON C. EINSPRUCH
Burton C. Einspruch
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ WILLIAM M. FENIMORE, JR.
William M. Fenimore, Jr.
Director
July 31, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ JOHN W. GILDEA
John W. Gildea
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ JOHN C. MCCAULEY
John C. McCauley
Director
July 31, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
America Service Group Inc. (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended June 30,
2002).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of America Service Group Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month
period ended June 30, 2004).
4.3
Amended and Restated By-Laws of America Service Group Inc.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3,
2009).
5.1
Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP as to the legality of the
securities being registered (filed herewith).
10.1
America Service Group Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference from Annex A to the Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on
April 30, 2009).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).