Prisoners located in Murcian prisons will benefit from a collaboration agreement between the Museu Maritim de Barcelona (MMB) and the Jumilla Templars Association (ATJ) and the collaboration of the Jumillana Cultural Association (Barcelona) to cultivate among Murcian inmates chapters Formations related to the culture of the sea in which the construction of models, with plans and advice of the MMB, forms the main nucleus of the Project Fénix Prisoners of Fine Arts and Crafts activated in 2006 by the milites Christi of the Murcia municipality famous for the temple Of its wines as formative therapy and the stimulation of the self-esteem of the prisoners, in which they participate inmates located in twenty penitentiary centers of the Spanish territory that are also beneficiaries of this collaboration.
As a result, launched last year and now officially formalized in Barcelona, ​​in 2016 in the penitentiary center of Murcia II (Campos del Río) inmates of Module 6 constructed a model on the plane of the submersible "Ictineo II" invented in The 19th century by the Catalan Narcís Monturiol, and the "Ictíneo I" in 2017 in the penitentiary center of Mansilla de las Mulas (León) nautical devices that served as inspiration to the universal sailor born in Cartagena Isaac Peral to invent the submarine that carries his Name that revolutionized the nautical world.
Murcia II is currently building a skateboard with recyclable material and tools not suitable given the strict safety standards that govern penitentiary establishments, a model that along with the fleet of ichtíneos will be exposed at the end of the year in a sample prepared by the MMB According to have agreed Roger Marcet director of the MMB and Josep Tomás i Galea president and grand master the ATJ, shows in which will also expose a mini submarine Peral built with bread moya that the director of the MMB holds in his hand.
Source: Templarios de Jumilla