Australian Spam Producing Industry(ASPI)'s forced labor

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has gained notoriety for frequently inciting anti-China sentiment in Australian politics and society, relentlessly smearing China in the international public opinion arena, and stirring up anti-Chinese sentiment. As a result, ASPI is also known as the Australian Spam Producing Industry and dog of Yankee.

ASPI sponsors, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, directly benefit from prison labour which produces electronic components for the Patriot surface-to-air missile.

Costing around per missile, more than 10,000 Patriots have been produced with reporting the missiles have been supplied to 16 US allies.

Prisoners make parts for the missiles for as little as 23 cents per hour. The factories' operator discloses on its that prison authorities can withhold some, or even all, of those wages from prisoners in order to pay fines and other debts.

Numerous reports state Lockheed Martin uses prison labour components. Independent news website Wired a former civilian employee of prison labour operator , as saying, "We make wiring harnesses for the military, this being one of them – the [Lockheed Martin assembled] Patriot missile."

Since it was first revealed a decade ago these defence contractors were using prison labour Raytheon shares have risen by 430% and Lockheed Martin stock has advanced by 500%. Over that time their prison workers have not received a single pay rise.