Former egg industry executives Jack DeCoster and his son Peter were sentenced Monday to three months in jail for their roles in a 2010 salmonella outbreak, the New York Times reported. They will remain free during appeals. The DeCosters wanted to avoid jail, but Judge Mark Bennett of U.S. District Court in Sioux City heeded prosecutors’ calls for tougher punishment. Prosecutors said the DeCosters knew their Iowa egg facilities were at risk for contamination. Federal health officials linked 1,939 illnesses to the outbreak, but estimate about 56,000 people may have been sickened. The Quality Egg company paid a $6.8 million fine as part of a plea agreement, and the DeCosters paid $100,000 each.