Rodney Hulin Jr. (March 2, 1978 – May 9, 1996) committed suicide by hanging in the Clemens Unit in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas (Greater Houston) on January 26, 1996 after being raped in prison; he died months after he fatally injured himself.

Hulin entered the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system after setting trash on fire.

[1] Hulin produced Molotov cocktails and threw them over a fence, which, according to an incident report, "caused a small fire in a pile of empty cans against the outside wall of the residence."

[5][6] He reported being raped by fellow inmates around his age after his transfer to a division for younger offenders in the Clemens Unit.

[10] After Hulin turned 18 years of age, he was transferred to the Ellis Unit in unincorporated Walker County, Texas.

Michael Berryhill of the Houston Press stated that there was "irony in [Hulin] becoming a symbol of a cause that likely wouldn't have helped him".