Togo, Willow River prisons remain open; new bill brings hope to expand TOGO, MN--Togo and Willow River state prisons will remain open after a budget deficit puts them in danger of closing. "Right now, the Department of Corrections has no intentions of shutting down either Willow River or Togo, which I am very thankful for," said District 3A State Representative Rob Ecklund. The locations won't be closing due to the DOC's proposed budget being passed in the fall of 2020, saving not just the prisons but the Challenge Incarceration Program helping people bounce back from convictions. "It's really good, both in Togo and at Willow River. And it needs to be supported in the environments that they're in," said Gino Anselmo, Togo Prison Warden.